Gardening for Amateurs 



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The fragrant Nycterinia. 



1 foot high, and X. selagin- 

 oides, tinted blue and white, 

 6 inches high. Sow the seeds 

 during April along the front 

 of a sunny border or in the 

 rock garden. Like the Night- 

 scented Stock, the Nycterinias 

 are most fragrant in the 

 evening. 



Oenothera (Annual 

 Evening Primrose). Most 

 of the Oenotheras are peren- 

 nials or biennials ; there are, 

 however, two very beautiful 

 annuals, each about 1 foot 

 high, and suitable for the 

 rock garden or border. O. 

 bistorta Veitchii (veitchiaua) 

 has yellow flowers spotted 

 with crimson, and O. Drum- 

 mondii nana is soft clear yel- 

 low. Sow during April where 

 the plants are to flower. 



Omphalodes linifolia 

 (Venus' Navelwort). An 

 attractive hardy annual grow- 

 ing 1 foot high, and having 

 grey -green leaves and white 

 flowers. It belongs to the 

 Borage family and will grow 

 in most soils. Sow the seeds 

 in the border or rock garden 

 during April where the plants 

 are to flower 



Papaver (Poppy). The Annual 

 Poppies are the easiest of all hardy 

 annuals to grow. If the plants are 

 allowed to remain until the seeds 

 ripen and fall to the ground, seedling 

 Poppies will come up in late autumn 

 as thick as Mustard and Cress. For 

 gorgeous and dainty colouring the 

 Poppy is unrivalled, its chief fault 

 is that the flowers are so fleeting, 

 though in most instances there is a 

 fair succession. Seeds of Poppies 

 should always be sown where the 

 plants are to flower. If sown broad- 

 cast on any vacant ground bold 

 groups of Poppies are most effective 

 when in flower. Late March and 

 during April is the best time to sow 

 the seeds. One of the best known 



Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella Miss Jekyll). 



