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suitable either for borders of rich soil or the Rock garden. We 

 are indebted to Messrs. Barr & Sons for introducing the 

 handsome D. aurantiaca to public notice. It is the Namaqua- 

 land Daisy, grows about 9 inches high, and produces its 

 bright, orange-coloured flowers freely, these opening fully in 

 bright sunshine and showing the black ring around the disc. 

 It is a Half-hardy Annual, and never looks better than when 

 placed in a sunny spot in the Rock garden. Raised in a little 

 heat in March or April, it is easily managed if the seedlings 

 are put singly into small pots at an early date. Some 

 Continental raisers have endeavoured to raise a hybrid 

 race of Dimorphothecas, and the Messrs. Barr have now 

 offered hybrids raised by crossing D. aurantiaca with the 

 older, white-flowered D. pluvialis. In these hybrids the good 

 qualities of the first-named parent have been preserved, and 

 possibly improved upon slightly, but what is of chief import- 

 ance is that the new race gives a range of colouring from 

 white to deepest orange, the apricot, pink, and yellowish 

 shades being very pretty. These varieties cannot fail to 

 further increase the popularity of Dimorphothecas. 



D. pluvialis is a useful plant, nearly 2 feet high, and 

 though it is usually best managed as a Half-hardy Annual, 

 it is hardy, and proves very effective when well cared for 

 and planted in groups in the border. Early thinning and 

 transplanting are of importance with this plant. The flowers 

 are over 2 inches across, white, with golden centre, and with 

 purplish-maroon colouring on the back of the ray florets. 



EMILIA 



" Tassel Flower " 



Emilia flammea is better known by the name of Cacalia 

 coccinea, and as such it is generally catalogued by seedsmen. 

 It is a Composite, growing i^ foot high, and flowering freely 



