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NEMOPHILA INSIGNIS. 
third with Eschscholtzia crocea^ &c., according to the size of the garden, alter- 
nating and diversifying the colours of each species, will make a very showy 
appearance until October. 
It seems to prefer a light rich soil, particularly when grown in pots, which 
should contain peat and loam. 
Mr. Nuttall, observing the species N, phacelioides growing in shady woods 
near Fort Smith on the Arkansas, was in consequence led to adopt the generic 
name Nemophila, from i/e/xo? a grove, and ^iXe«o to love. — D. Don. 
The specific name alludes to the showy colour of the flowers ; hence the English 
appellation. 
