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loam in the flower border, and sunny situa- 

 tions, but dwarfer- growing species are 

 more suitable for the rook garden. The 

 annual and biennial kinds may be sown 

 from April to June in the open border 

 where they are to bloom. The perennials 

 are also raised from seed, or from cuttings 

 put in during the summer and shaded till 

 rooted. In northern parts it is safer to 

 protect the perennials raised from cuttings 

 the first year in cold frames until favour- 

 able weather in spring when they may be 

 planted out. 



JE. Buxbaumii {Thlaspi a/rabicvm). — 

 A pretty erect branching annual, 6 in. 

 high, native of Thrace, with oblong spoon- 

 shaped glaucous leaves, and crowded 

 racemes of pale red flowers in June. 



Culture dc. as above. Raised from 

 seeds annually. 



JE. coridifolium (Iberis jucunda). — 

 A pretty perennial, shrubby at the base, 

 with erect stems 6-8 in. high. Leaves 

 numerous, oblong, linear, glaucous, with a 

 brownish point, and narrowed at the base. 

 Flowers in June, rosy-lilac, prettily veined, 

 and in dense terminal rounded racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. This species, 

 being a native of Asia Minor, is not alto- 

 gether hardy in aU parts of the United 

 Kingdom. It is therefore better to grow 

 it in rich light and well-drained soil in 

 Warm, sunny and sheltered parts of the 

 rock garden where it will not be injured 

 by the severe blasts from the north and 

 east. 



JE. gracile. — A shrubby perennial, 

 about 8 in. high, native of the sandy hills of 

 Carniola, with lance-shaped pointed leaves 

 and crowded terminal racemes of purplish 

 flowers in June. 



Culture da. as above. Increased by 

 seeds and cuttings. 



JE. grandiflorum. — A handsome bushy 

 perennial about 1 ft. high, from Mount 

 Lebanon, with ovate oblong, glaucous 

 leaves. Flowers from May to August, of 

 a warm shaded rose, in crowded terminal 

 racemes. An effective rock plant. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds and cuttings. 



JE. membranaceum. — A neat dwarf 

 shrub 3-6 in. high, with thread-like 

 branches, and native of Persia. Leaves 

 oblong, linear, obtuse, various, somewhat 

 fleshy, and clothing the stem rarely closely. 

 Flowers in June, purple or rose, in small 



dense terminal racemes. Pods overlapping 

 each other, roxmdish, with a very broad 

 membranous margin, notched at the top. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds and cuttings. 



JE. monospermum. — A pretty Spanish 

 biennial 3-6 in. high, with stifBsh 

 branches, and leathery, more or less ovate, 

 blunt leaves. Flowers in June, large, 

 purple. Pods one-celled and one-seeded. 



Cultwre dc. as above. Increased by 



JE. pulchellum. — Perhaps the hand- 

 somest and hardiest species, resembling 

 ^. eoridifolMMn, but not yet very well 

 known. 



Culture do. as above. 



JE. saxatile. — A pretty Spanish annual 

 about 8 in. high, with lance-shaped, acute 

 leaves, and loose terminal racemes of lilac- 

 rose or purplish flowers in May and June. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds. It loves a rather dry and rich 

 loamy soil. 



EUNOMIA. — A genus of 2 species 

 of -pretty little half-hardy evergreen, 

 branched or tufted undershrubs or herba- 

 ceous plants, native of Asia Minor. Leaves 

 stalkless and stem-clasping, entire, thick- 

 ish. Flowers in short racemes, white. 



E. oppositifolia A plant with decum- 

 bent branched stems 6-12 in. high, with 

 opposite, almost round, entire, smooth 

 leaves, and terminal racemes of white 

 flowers in June. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species may be grown in sheltered parts 

 of the rockery in ordinary soil, and can 

 be increased by cuttings taken in summer 

 and put under a glass. Or seeds may be 

 sown in April or May in the open border 

 where the plants are to bloom. The 

 seedlings may be thinned out. If sown 

 earlier in the year, a little bottom heat is 

 required and the seedlings may be pricked 

 out and grown on for planting out at the 

 end of May. 



SCHOUWIA.— A genus of 3 species 

 of very smooth branching annuals, natives 

 of Arabia, with entire leaves, the upper 

 ones deeply auricled and stem-clasping. 

 Flowers at first corymbose, afterwards 

 racemose, purple ; pedicels slender. 

 Sepals nearly erect, the lateral ones 

 broader. Stamens free, without teeth. 



S. arabica is a pretty annual about 

 1 ft. high, with rosy-purplish flowers in 



