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The driest soil, in the shade of a fence, seems to be the 
most favorable situation for them. If the ground is in- 
clining to moisture, there is but little chance for them. 
So fine a plant as this Gilia well deserves a place in the 
‘garden. I should recommend, for experiment, to sow the 
seed in August, as, perhaps, the small plants would en- 
dure the winter better than large ones. 
The plant grows from four to five feet high. The foliage is 
superb, similar to that of the Cypress Vine, with numerous 
scarlet-spotted flowers, that continue in bloom a num- 
ber of months. 
The plants may be potted and kept in the house, or 
green-house, through the winter, and then planted out in 
the open border. 
G. tricelor.—Three-colored Gilia.—This pretty annual, 
originally from California, has found its way into most 
of our gardens. Scarcely anything can be prettier than 
this plant, when thickly filling. a bed a few feet in length, 
and breadth. It is quite hardy, and grows about one foot 
high, with an erect stem and foliage much resembling the 
well-known G’. capitata ; but the flowers are much longer, 
and instead of being collected into globose heads, are 
widely spread at the head of long peduncles, which, being 
numerous, form a large and rather dense panicle, and thus 
show off to great advantage. The flowers havea yellow 
eye, surrounded by a purple ring, bordered by pale-blue 
or white. “From its humble stature and neat growth, it 
is peculiarly suited for culture in masses, a style of plant- 
ing showy flowers, which produces a striking effect, when 
it can be pursued on a tolerably extensive scale.” 
G. tenuifl6ra.—Slender-flowered.—A hardy annual from 
California, The flowers are produced upon slender, branch- 
ing stems, which rise about two feet high; each flower is 
about a quarter of an inch across, of a pale rose color, 
slightly streaked with red on the outside, and of a fine 
