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indoor phmts, and so attention must be confined to those 

 which may be of service in the Flower garden. In the 

 Southern counties the garden-raised strains of both 5. pin- 

 natus and S. rctusus do very well in a warm position, and 

 when they carry an abundance of dainty, butterfiy-like 

 blossoms, bright with white, purple, blue, red and yellow 

 colouring, they are very attractive. S. Grahamii is a sturdy 

 grower, with carmine and orange flowers, and S. Wise- 

 tonensis is a shapely grower that is immensely popular as 

 a pot plant, and is said to be useful for the garden if raised 

 from seeds sown in a temperature of about 60° in February 

 or Marcli. The other kinds mentioned must all be raised 

 in moderate heat in March if they are to be a success in the 

 garden during the Sununer. 



SCHIZOPETALON 



A plant that vies with the Mignonette for sweet fragrance 

 is Schizopctalon Walkeri {Cruci/erce). This little Chilian 

 plant is about i foot high, and has white, four-petalled 

 flowers that give forth their fragrance mostly in the 

 evening, in the morning, or after a shower of rain. As 

 with Mignonette, this Annual should be sown wherever 

 there is a spare space, and several sowings during the Spring 

 and early Summer will keep up a supply of flowers and 

 fragrance. 



SENECIO 



Grou ?idsel — Jacobaea 



A South African member of the Groundsel family, and one 

 that is used freely for the decoration of some parks and 

 gardens in Summer, is Senecio degaiis {Composite^). This is a 

 capital bedding plant about i foot high, and is specially useful 

 because it produces its heads of double flowers continuously 



