CENOTHERA js 



under glass the seedlings should be transferred to pots at 

 an early stage. 



Besides N. daniascena, there are N. hispanica, \\ foot, 

 purplish-blue ; N. h. alba, with white flowers and brown 

 anthers; N. orientalis, \\ foot, yellow and red, but of little 

 worth ; and N. sativus, i| foot, blue, also of little value in 

 the garden. 



(ENOTHERA 



" Godetia " 



Not many garden plants are so well known as the Hardy 

 Annual OEnotheras, which, under their better-known name 

 of Godetias {Onagi-acece), are to be found in most gardens, 

 whether of the rich or the poor. The many beautiful 

 varieties are delightful subjects for giving fine colour 

 effects, and their value for massing in beds or borders 

 can hardly be overestimated. Not only are the Godetias 

 beautiful, but they are raised with the greatest of ease 

 either from a September sowing out-of-doors, a Spring 

 sowing out-of-doors, or a sowing under glass in March. 

 Two or three sowings should be made wherever space 

 permits, so as to secure a lengthened flower season. Those 

 who have not seen Autumn-raised seedlings duly thinned 

 and planted 9 inches or i foot apart in rich, light soil do 

 not fully appreciate the capabilities of Godetias, for, alas, 

 all too often the Spring-sown plants are allowed to choke 

 each other, and short-lived beauty is the result. It is a rare 

 sight to see large breadths of Godetias grown for seed 

 purposes in July or August, and a long border filled with 

 them in blocks of one colour or in lines of a colour is a 

 revelation, provided ample room is given for each plant to 

 develop properly, and the seed vessels are removed regu- 

 larly. 



CEnothera amcena is the species from which the garden 

 varieties have been raised ; it is i foot to 2 feet high, and 



