Round the Year in the Garden 



this disappointment may be avoided. Browallia speciosa 

 and its variety major are charming blue-flowered plants 

 for summer blooming in the greenhouse, and are quite 

 easily grown in pots from seed sown during the next few 

 weeks. Then the Butterfly Flower (Schizanthus) makes 

 a brilliant display ; the flowers are obtainable in many 

 showy colours. The Nemesias, especially the orange- 

 coloured sorts, though quite commonly used for summer 

 bedding, are well worth growing in pots. Arctotis bre- 

 viscapa, yellow, and grandis, white, with lovely, big, 

 Daisy-like blooms, are not often seen in the amateur's 

 greenhouse, yet both are easy and give welcome variety. 

 Among the so-called Everlasting flowers there are several 

 of especial interest. Of the annual Sea Lavenders the 

 finest is Statice Suworowi, an attractive plant with hand- 

 some rose-coloured blooms on tall stems ; Statice Bon- 

 duelli is a yellow-flowered Sea Lavender that will bloom 

 in summer from seed sown now. The Rhodanthes and 

 Acrocliniums, or Fairy Immortelles, make very charming 

 plants for pots, and their flowers and those of the other 

 Everlastings may be cut and used for indoor decoration. 

 Helichrysum is another Everlasting suitable for pots, its 

 large double blooms may be had in many colour shades, 

 orange, crimson, yellow, etc. Then, of course, one may 

 grow Mignonette, Asters, Stocks, Zinnias, Forbes' Prim- 

 rose (Primula Forbesii), and other common annuals. All 

 these flowers are attractive and quite easy to grow. 



One has only to sow seeds in pots of sandy soil, 

 in a temperature of 50 or 55, subsequently trans- 

 ferring the seedlings to 5-inch pots, and during the 

 summer grow them in an airy, unheated greenhouse. 

 Some care is necessary while the plants are in the seed- 

 ling stage, especially with regard to watering and shading 

 them, but afterwards they are quite amenable to the care 

 of the unskilled amateur. The prettiest plant to use as 

 an edging to the stage in the greenhouse is Helxine 

 Solieroli, an unpardonable name distinguishing a low, 



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