<S FAMILIAR GAMDUN FLUWEliS. 



Ilowers lielong- move to llie gixivc than the open prairie^ and 

 when grown under glass^ as pot plants should be^ full 

 sunshine is hurtful to them. 



The hest nemophila for all general purposes is the one 

 here tigured. There are several varieties of it in commerce, 

 such as i/niiiiliflura , with larger flowers, and xtrnda, with 

 striped flowers. Xeuidij/iilci uluiinir'ia has white flowers 

 dotted with blue specks; ^V. aiirita has violet flowers, 

 smaller than those of X. iii><if/ii,is ; I\. (Ji^citiAlalh is a showy 

 plant with dark flow^ers margined with white ; and N. 

 inaculala has white flowers blotched with purple. 



The .seed-growers have long been hoping to obtain a 

 scarlet nemophila, and they have made some progress to- 

 wards it in the variety known as Insiff/u'-s piirjjin'ea rubra, 

 but there is doubtless much to be done ere the hope is 

 realised. Quite recently an interesting novelty has appeared 

 called the f/o/i/eii-leace(/ iiiaculata, which has leaves blotched 

 with yellow variegation. There are about twenty varieties 

 of nemo[)hila in cultivation, of which the tirst-named haff- 

 dozen are the best. 



