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high, and producing elegant racemes of crimson-rose-coloured 

 flowers, tipped with white. L. nanus (common Dwarf Lupin) 

 is a lovely plant for beds and the fronts of borders; it grows 

 only i ft. high, and produces its lilac and blue flowers in July. 

 The variety albus has pure white flowers. L. subcarnosus has 

 handsome deep blue flowers, with white eyes ; it grows ift. 

 high, and is much prized for cutting. L. Cruikshankii is an 

 erect-branched annual, growing 3ft., and bearing blue, white, and 

 pink flowers during July and August. It is a splendid border 

 plant, and goes by the name of Mutabilis versicolor in some- 

 nurserymen's catalogues. 



Malope trifida. grandiflora is a showy plant tor large 

 mixed flower-borders and for shrubberies. It grows to a height 



of 2ft., and bears dark 

 glossy rose-crimson flowers 

 in June and July. There 

 are two varieties : alba, 

 with pure white flowers, 

 and rosea, with flowers of 

 a pretty blush shade. 



Mathiola bicornis 

 (Night-Scented Stock) has 

 lilac flowers, which in the 

 morning and evening, and 

 also after a shower of 

 rain, emit a delightful 

 fragrance perceptible at a 

 considerable distanced It 

 grows 1 ft. high, and 

 flowers in spring. 



Mignonette (Reseda 

 odorata) is a universal 

 favourite, being grown in 

 almost every garden, how- 

 ever small. It grows 

 about 1 ft. high, and may 

 be had in flower outdoors 

 from May to October. 

 The flowers are yellowish- 

 white in colour, with saf- 

 fron anthers. The seed may be sown in the borders in April 

 and May for flowering in June and July; another sowing might 

 be made in June for flowering in late autumn. It is always 

 advisable to thin the seedlings early to a suitable distance apart, 

 as they then grow much stronger, and flower much freer than if 

 left crowded. The plants like a rich, moderately-heavy soil, and 

 especially delight in a cool, moist situation ; but seed might 



Fig. 125.— Nemophila insignis. 



