176 Nemophila Maculata. 



river. " It grows generally near rivulets, or in damp and 

 partly shaded places." 



Seeds of it were received in the fall of 1847, and in 1848. 

 it first flowered in the Horticultural Society's garden, and was 

 described and figured in the Journal of the society for that 

 year. It was considered the best annual raised from Mr. 

 Hartweg's seed ; with the habit of insignis, it has whitish 

 flowers, with a deep violet blotch on the end of each tube of 

 the corolla. Like all annuals, however, the plants vary in 

 color, the blue spot being often ill-defined and run ; but by 

 careful saving of the seed, its great beauty may be preserved. 

 Mr. Hartweg called it N. speciosa, which, being an objection- 

 able one for its color, Mr. Bentham substituted that of macu- 

 lata. Our engraving, (^o-. 9.) accurately represents this fine 

 plant. 



Our plants are not yet quite large enough to bloom, but 

 two or three specimens exhibited by Mr. Barnes, of Dor- 

 chester, at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, on the 

 9th of March, fully establish its reputation as the finest 

 annual lately introduced. 



It requires the same treatment as the N. insignis, and 

 grows as freely as that species. The seeds may be sown in 

 pans, in a frame, or cool hot-bed, and when an inch high, the 

 plants may be potted off" singly, in small pots, and be either 

 shifted into larger ones to bloom, or turned out into the open 

 ground in May. 



For winter blooming, a second sowing should be made in 

 August. These plants, if properly managed, will flower from 

 December to May. 



The following is a recapitulation of the most showy kinds : 



Every flower garden should have three or four of these. 



