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profusion of large white blossoms it opens in the evening. Sow 

 the seed in October ; it reproduces itself by dropping its seed. 

 2. (E. bistorta. A weedy plant; bears small, yellow flowers. 



Godetia. 



Very beautiful annuals, producing flowers of the size of a 

 rupee of every shade of blush and rose-colour, with a dark stain 

 on each petal. To be effective, they are best grown in clumps. 

 They comprise G. Lindleyana, of which there is a double variety ; 

 G. rubicunda, of which the variety " Bride " is eminently chaste 

 and pretty ; and G. roseo-alba. 



Clarkia. 



1. C. elegans. An annual in very general cultivation, of sprawl- 

 ing, untidy habit, but ornamental when in full blossom with its 

 pretty fringe-like pink flowers. In the vicinity of Calcutta I 

 have never seen it blossom satisfactorily. There is a variety 

 with white and one with double flowers. Sow in October in 

 good soil. 



2. C. pulchella. A much smaller and neater plant than the 

 last, and produces a prettier flower. There are varieties with 

 pink and white flowers ; a double one also, and one with the 

 petals unnotched. 



Eucharidium. 



Eu. concinnum. A pretty, unpretending plant ; bears pink 

 flowers very similar to those of Clarkia. Sow in October. 



Gaura. 



G. Lindheimeri. When first in blossom a very pretty annual, 

 bearing spikes of rather large milk-white flowers ; on becoming 

 older the plant loses much of its beauty by the spikes becoming 

 longer and the flowers more scattered upon it. Sow in October, 

 and plant out in the border in good soil. 



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Bartonia. 



B. aurea GOLDEN BARTONIA. A very beautiful annual, open- 

 ing its large, yellow, buttercup-like flowers in a situation where 



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