AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



Bracyhcome iberidifolia, or Swan River Daisy, 

 is a rather attractive half-hardy annual from Aus- 

 tralia, of easy cultivation. It grows eight or nine 

 inches high, bearing light blue flowers, with a 

 paler centre, about one inch across. In shape 

 the flower is not unlike the Cineraria, and in 

 cultivation produces other shades of blue as well 

 as a variety in pure white. I have always planted 

 the seeds in early spring, though I still hope to 

 get a strain that may be planted in the fall and 

 survive the winter. 



I cannot understand the almost entire neglect 

 of Asperula orientalis, or A. azurea setosa, as it has 

 many points of excellence to commend it to the 

 flower lover; yet few seedsmen notice it at all, 

 and those who do dismiss it with a line. It 

 grows twelve or fifteen inches high, has long, 

 slender stems, surmounted with clusters of small 

 blue flowers, which are delicately scented. It is 

 perfectly hardy, and blooms all summer from 

 spring-sown seed. You can, however, get stur- 

 dier plants and earlier bloom, by sowing the 

 seed in the fall. The seeds are not troublesome 

 to gather, and if you do not disturb the plants 

 they will sow their own seeds. 



Ipomaa purpurea. Convolvulus majus, C. pur- 

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