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Chaimepeuce diacantha and C. Casabon^e (Fish-bone 

 Thistle) are ornamental Thistle-like plants, with handsome spiny 

 foliage; they are used in sub-tropical and carpet -bedding arrange- 

 ments, being grown expressly for the sake of their ornamental 

 foliage. These plants are usually treated as half-hardy annuals. 



Glaucium luteum (Horned Poppy) has ornamental glaucous- 

 grey foliage and showy scarlet or yellow flowers. It makes a 

 fine plant for borders and for the wild 

 garden, and delights in a poor sandy soil. 

 It flowers in August. 



Hedysarum coronaritjm (French Honey- 

 suckle) is usually treated as a biennial. It 

 has crimson and white flowers, which are 

 produced in June. It forms a showy plant 

 for shrubberies, wild gardens, &c, growing 

 to a height of 2ft., and bearing dense spikes 

 of blossom. 



Humea elegans is a half-hardy biennial, 

 suitable for sub-tropical gardening. It has 

 graceful, feathery panicles of brownish-red 

 flowers, and powerfully-scented foliage. It 

 grows from 4ft. to 6ft. high, and flowers 

 from July to October. A white variety is 

 also in cultivation. The seed should be 

 sown in July or August, and the plants kept 

 in a frame or cool house throughout the 

 winter, during which period they must be 

 very carefully watered or they will lose all 

 their' bottom leaves. They should not be 

 planted out before June, as they are tender 

 subjects, and being tall-growing, they need 

 to be staked to protect them from' rough 

 winds. 



Honesty (Lunaria annua) (Fig. 146) is 

 a handsome spring-flowering border plant, 

 thriving in almost any soil. The type has 

 purple flowers, but there are two or three Fig. 146.— Lunaria 

 varieties, one having white flowers. It grows annua. 



from i^ft. to 2ft. high, and flowers from May 



to July. The pods, which are elliptic in shape, but blunt at the 

 ends, are very ornamental for winter decoration when stripped of 

 their outer coverings. Synonymous with L. biennis. 



Lavatera arborea variegata is a strikingly handsome foliage 

 plant, with leaves beautifully variegated ; it grows from 4ft. to 

 6ft. high, and makes a noble specimen plant for lawns or for 

 sub-tropical bedding. It has large pale purple flowers, 2in. across, 

 which are produced during . August and late autumn. 



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