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CUPID'S DART (Catananche ccerulea). Blue. June to August; 2 to 3 

 feet. Like a blue daisy, 2 inches across. Excellent in light soils, 

 but easily grown anywhere. Named varieties: alba, white; bicolor, 

 blue centre with white margin. Used as everlastings when cut. 

 Increase by seed or division. 



EVENING PRIMROSE ((Enothera biennis, var. grandiflora). Gear 

 yellow. June to September; 5 feet. The flowers 4 to 5 inches 

 across open suddenly at nightfall. Best yellow-flowered biennial 

 for bold effects. Easily naturalised. Almost any soil. (E. 

 fruticosa, the Day Primrose, is described under SUN DROPS in 

 Native Plants for the Wild Garden, p. 95. 



?LAX (Linum Lewisii). Sky blue. July, August; I to 2 feet. Expanded 

 flowers 1 1 inches across, lasting a short time, but borne in rapid 

 succession. Will flower first year from seeds sown in the open. 

 Increase by seeds or division. Full sun, in open place. L. perenne 

 is much like this, but has smaller flowers. 



''FoRGET-ME-NoT (Myosotis palustris). Bright blue. May, June; 

 6 inches to i feet. The best all-purpose hardy plant of its colour for 

 feathery and foreground effects. Best in moist, half shady places, 



but will do in open sun if soil be not dry. , EARLY (M . dissitiflora). 



Deep sky-blue. April to July; I foot. A biennial, but self-sows, 

 and is generally the more useful. 



"FOXGLOVE (Digitalis purpurea). Purplish pink to white. Early June. 

 Foxgloves and larkspurs and hollyhocks are the best flowers with 

 spire-like clusters. Common old magenta form strongest for natural- 

 ising. Most refined form is Var. gloxinioides. Likes partial shade, 

 and coolness at roots. Biennial. 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE (Hedysarum coronarium). Red. August, Sep- 

 tember; 2 to 4 feet. Pea-like flowers in crowded axillary clusters, 

 fragrant. Light, open, well-drained soil in sunny place. Easily 

 grown. Var. album has white flowers. 



SAILLARDIA. See BLANKET FLOWER. 



IJAS PLANT (Dictamnus albus.) See OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS, p. 59. 



3LOBE FLOWER (Trollius Eur opens). Yellow. May, June; I to \\ feet. 

 Globular flowers borne singly or in twos, like gigantic buttercups, 

 2 inches across on foot-long stems. Moist, heavy loam. Var. Lod- 

 digesii is deep yellow. (T. A siaticus) . Orange yellow; ij to 2 



