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the flowers are rose-coloured with crimson spots; CE. a. 

 rubicunda is purpHsh with red blotch. The best named 

 forms are Bridesmaid, 15 inches, blue and rose ; Crimson Gem 

 or Crimson King, 18 inches, crimson; Crimson Glow, 15 

 inches, rosy-crimson ; Duchess of Albany, i foot, glistening 

 white ; Duke of York, i foot, blood red with white centre ; 

 General Gordon, i foot, rich carmine ; Marchioness of Salis- 

 bury, I foot, crimson with white margin ; Ladybird, i foot, 

 white with crimson spots ; Lady Satin Rose, i foot, rose- 

 pink ; Scarlet Queen, i foot, bright crimson-scarlet. There 

 are dwarf forms of many of the foregoing varieties, and 

 these are from 6 to 9 inches high, useful both for edging or 

 for association with the taller sorts. The double flowered 

 Schaminii is a grand Godetia of sturdy growth, and makes 

 a compact and yet elegant bush, 18 inches high, smothered 

 with shining, delicate rose-pink flowers. It should not be 

 omitted fnmi any collection, as it lasts so well and is first 

 rate for cutting, for beds, for borders, and also for pot 

 culture. There are now double or semi -double forms with 

 mauve and crimson flowers. CE. Whitneyi is a hardy 

 Californian Annual, i^ foot high, rose-red and crimson; of 

 this there are white, crimson, and crimson-scarlet varieties, 

 and one named Lord Roberts is carmine, shading to deep 

 crimson. 



OMPHALODES 



" Venus s Navel-wort" 



Omphalodes linifolia {Boraginacece) is a charming little 

 Hardy Annual, and one that lends itself to cultivation in a 

 shady and rather moist spot. In most Rock gardens a place 

 can be found for it, and here it will reproduce itself readily 

 from self-sown seeds. From 6 to 12 inches high, with 

 narrow grey-green foliage and white flowers, it is a pretty 

 subject, and one that merits wider consideration. 



