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like other plants of this class, so as to flower the follow- 
ing year. It seems to be hardy, having stood in the open 
ground, with a little protection, through the winter; it 
may also be cultivated as an annual, for, if sown in 
April, it will begin to flower in July. 
The Gaura Lindheimeri, will probably soon become 
very common in our gardens; it can be grown in beauti- 
ful masses; its flowers are very fine for bouquets, and, 
above all, it commends itself to us for its long continued 
flowering. 
GAZANIA. 
{Supposed to have been so called from a Greek word signifying riches, in al- 
lusion to the splendor of the flowers.] 
Gazania spléndens.—A native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. A very beautiful summer and autumn-flowering 
evergreen bedding plant of a neat, dwarf, shrubby, trail- 
ing, yet compact habit, with oblong-spathulate leaves, 
deep glossy greey on the upper side, and almost pure 
white on the lower side, with a rich green mid-rib running 
the whole length of the leaf; and numerous large, golden 
yellow, Aster-like flowers, three to four inches in diame- 
ter, picturesquely marked at the base of each petal with 
converging cloud-like spots of a rich, dark-brown, choco- 
late tint upon a black base, and these are again marked 
with white spots upon their disk or surface. 
The union of these rich colors produces a highly orna- 
mental effect; the blossoms, when fully expanded, are so 
brilliant, that the most accurate description fails to con- 
vey an adequate impression of their beauty. It is well 
adapted for large groups or medium sized beds, or for 
pot culture in vases, as portable specimens in flower- 
garden decoration, thriving in all ordinary rich garden 
