6o PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



LIMNANTHES 



For very many years Limnauthes Douglasii {Gemniacae) 

 has been a favourite Hardy Annual and one grown largely 

 for edging, for beds, and borders, and considered quite the 

 thing to grow in cjuantity where bees are kept. It is only 6 

 inches high, but its yellow, white-edged, fragrant flowers are 

 charming : so much so that when the plant is once grown in 

 a garden it holds its position. Sowings should be made both 

 in Spring and Autumn. 



LINARIA 



" Toadflax " 



In some parts of the country the Hardy Annual Linarias 

 {Scroplitilariacece) are immensely popular, while in other 

 parts they are seldom seen. They have the popular title of 

 Toadflax, and the two-lipped flowers have a close resem- 

 blance to those of the Antirrhinum. Where they are 

 appreciated an Autumn and a Spring sowing should always 

 be made. Suitable alike for beds and borders, the Linarias 

 supply elegant flowers for cutting. The best species are L. 

 bipartita, i foot, purple, and its variety splendens and L. maroc- 

 cana, \\ foot, purple — of this last there are numerous garden 

 forms, such as Excelsior, a strain with colours ranging from 

 pink and yellow to blue and violet ; Queen of Roses, rosy- 

 carmine ; White Pearl and Snow White, white ; and Golden 

 Gem, 9 inches, yellow. Other species are L. reticulata^ 2 feet, 

 purple and yellow ; L. spartea, i foot, yellow ; and L. tristis, 

 6 inches, yellow and purple or crimson, a pretty plant for 

 edging or for the Rock garden. 



