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charming combinations. Sow in March in gentle heat and 

 plant out 8 inches apart in May, or sow out-of-doors in 

 April and thin the seedlings to the required distance. 



COLLOMIA 



The Collomias {Poiemoniaiece) are not very popular, but 

 they are interesting; about i\ foot high, they carry large 

 heads of bright flowers, and are easily managed either from 

 a Spring or an Autumn sowing. Like the Colhnsias, they 

 flower best in rather poor soil and they like a sunny position. 

 The best species are C. cocci?tea (svn. C. lateritia), rich red ; 

 C. gravdiflora, reddish-yellow ; C. heterophylla, purple ; and 

 C. linearis, yellowish-brown. 



CYNOGLOSSUM 



*' Hound s Tongtte " 



At least one species of Cynoglossum {Boraginacecs) is of 

 Annual duration, and it is one of the prettiest members of 

 the Hound's Tongue family. This is C. Wallichii, a Himalayan 

 plant that is valuable for the Rock garden and useful for 

 edging or carpeting. It is not much grown, but it only 

 needs to be taken in hand by some prominent grower to 

 become popular. Of lowly habit, rising 9 inches high, and 

 perfectly hardy, it produces rich, deep-blue flowers of 

 Forget-me-Not type in profusion. The seeds should be 

 sown in poor soil in September, or at the end of March 

 where the plants are to flower, it is an altogether charming 

 little plant. 



DOLICHOS 



" Hyacinth Bean " 



Dolichos Lablab {Leguminosce) is a Half-hardy Annual, 

 but not a popular or very important one, as it is rarely a 

 success unless given a specially warm, sunny place and the 



