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grajtdiflorum is a finer form than the type, the flowers being 

 larger and of a purer white ; A. plantagineuni is not so tall as 

 the foregoing species, but its flowers are also white. Seeds 

 should be sown in sandy soil in a temperature of from 60° to 

 65° during March, and after the seedlings have been pricked 

 off into boxes and duly hardened, a sunny position should be 

 found for them out-of-doors. 



ANAGALLIS 



" Piiupcnicl" 



Several of the Pimpernels have brightly coloured flowers, 

 and the plants are of the easiest culture. They may be raised 

 in a warm spot out-of-doors if sown in March or April, or 

 under glass, as though Half-hardy, from a sowing made 

 in March in a temperature of 60°. 



Of the native A. ai-vensis there are several varieties ; the 

 type has small, red flowers, while A. a. coerulea has blue 

 flowers ; A. latifolia (syn. A. indica) is larger than A. arvensis, 

 of trailing habit, and bearing very attractive bright blue 

 flowers. The Pimpernel so frequently listed as A. grandiflora, 

 and represented by several showy, low-growing varieties, is 

 really a form of A. linifolia, a perennial Portuguese member 

 of this little genus of the Order PrimidacecB, 



ARGEMONE 



^^ Mexican Poppy" — '^ DeviFs Fig" 



Exceedingly ornamental are the handsome Hardy Annual 

 species of Argemone {Papaveracece)^ as they rise to a height of 

 2 feet or more, and have fairly large leaves which are usually 

 bristly or spiny, and are often blotched with white. The 

 large Poppy-like flowers are very effective, and therefore the 

 plants are especially suitable for large borders or for use in 

 sub-tropical gardening. It is usual to treat the Argemones as 

 Half-hardy, and sow the seeds in gentle heat in March or 

 April, but there is no need to take this amount of trouble if a 



