310 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



it should always have the pot in which it grows standing in a 

 pan of water. Sow the seed in October. 



Borago. 



B. officinalis BORAGE. A plant with very coarse, unpleasant- 

 looking leaves; only attractive for the intense blue of its 

 flowers. Sow where the plants are to remain, as they suffer 

 greatly from transplanting. 



LAMIACE^E. 



Perilla. 



P. NanMnensis. Bears insignificant flowers, but is much 

 used in England as a bedding plant for its bronze-red-coloured 

 leaves ; in my opinion a very unattractive plant, and of no merit 

 whatever in this country. 



Salvia. 



None of the annuals of this genus are worth cultivating, 

 having for the most part coarse-looking leaves, and producing 

 small, uninteresting flowers. 



Dracocephalum. 



D. Moldavicum. An unpretending annual, bears small blue 

 and white flowers. To be at all effective the plants must be 

 grown crowded in patches. Sow in October. 



VERBENACEA 

 Verbena. 



All the fine kinds of Verbena are perennials ; the seeds are 

 sown at the same time with the annuals in October. 



PEDALIACE^E. 

 Martynia. 



1. M. diandra. A native of Mexico, but naturalised in this 

 country ; bears in great profusion very large, handsome, gape- 



