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lanoe-shaped stiffish leaves are 1^-2^ in. 

 long and of a conspicuous blue-green 

 or glaucous colour. The golden-yellow 

 flowers, nearly 2 in. across, appear in 

 June, the 4 roundish petals being in 

 striking contrast to the numerous deep 

 orange-yellow stamens in the centre. 



Culture and, Propagation. — This 

 plant flourishes in a warm and sheltered 

 position in the rock garden or ordinary 

 flower border, and likes a rather rich and 

 well-drained sandy loam and a little leaf 

 soil. It may be increased by cuttings of 

 the non-flowering shoots inserted in cold 

 frames in sandy soil in late summer. If 

 seeds are ripened they should be sown 

 in cold frames at once, and the young 

 plants may be ready in spring for the 

 open air. 



HUNNEMANNIA. — A genus con- 

 taining only one species. It is closely 

 related to Eschscholtzia, and similar in 

 appearance and blossom. Sepals 2. 

 Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Stigma 

 lobes 4, short, blunt, spreading or de- 

 flexed. Capsule hnear 10-ribbed. 



H. fumariaefolia. — A graceful and 

 beautiful perennial herb about 2 ft. high, 

 native of California and Mexico. The 

 leaves are deeply divided like those of 

 Eschscholtzia, and have a conspicuous 

 bluish or grey-green hue. The soUtary 

 briUiant yellow cup-shaped flowers are 

 about 2^ in. across, and appear in August 

 and September, the colouring of the wavy 

 petals being enhanced by the cluster of 

 bright orange-red stamens in the centre. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 beautiful plant is too tender to be treated 

 as a perennial in the British Islands ex- 

 cept in the south and west. It likes a 

 warm sunny position in the flower border 

 and is best raised annually from seeds 

 which are produced freely. The seeds 

 should be sown as soon as ripe in a cold 

 frame or in shallow boxes in a cool green- 

 house, but they will not sprout before the 

 . following spring, When large enough to 

 handle they may be pricked out into light 

 rich soil, and by the end of May or begin- 

 ning of June may be planted in bold 

 masses in the flower border. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA (Californian 

 Poppy). — A genus of smooth, glauoesceut, 

 ornamental annual or perennial herbs 

 with leaves much cut and divided into 

 linear lobes. Mowers yellow on long 

 stalks. Sepals cohering, forming a de- 

 ciduous cap. Petals 4. Stamens many. 



Culture and Propagation. — The 

 Eschscholtzias are easily grown in any 

 soU, and are useful for giving a briUiant 

 effect to borders and shrubberies from early 

 summer to the end of autumn. Seeds 

 rhay be sown in either autumn or spring 

 in the open border in spots where the 

 plants are required to bloom. 



There are some 4 or 5 species all 

 natives of N.W. America, but E. cali- 

 fornica and its varieties are the only 

 ones usually grown. 



E. californica. — A perennial 12-18 in. 

 high, with glaucous finely divided leaves, 

 and large bright orange-yellow flowers 

 which appear in early summer. A host 

 of garden forms have originated from this 

 species, their flowers being white, pinkish, 

 or pale yellow. The variety called crocea is 

 a showy biennial about 1 ft. high, having 

 deep rich orange flowers in the type. 

 The garden forms have white, red, and 

 striped flowers ; also a double-flowered 

 orange form. The form known as ' Man- 

 darin ' is curiously pretty. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. cucuUata. — A remarkable Galifor- 

 nian species, the young leaves of which are 

 strongly incurved or cupped. The flowers 

 are lemon-yeUow with an orange centre, 

 but seeds are rarely produced even in a 

 wild state. This species is probably not 

 yet in cultivation. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. Douglasi. — A Californian plant of 

 recent introduction with flowers inter- 

 mediate in size between those of E. caU- 

 fornica and E. tenuifolia. They are 

 bright golden-yellow with a deeper yellow 

 or orange centre, and open a week or two 

 earUer than those of E. californica. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



E. tenuifolia is a compact-growing 

 annual about 6 in. high, with leaves 

 divided into threadlike segments. Flowers 

 about 1 in. across, yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. 



