Silvery Thistles Eight Feet in Height 
trailing habit and is good on a warm bank or 
rough rock work. The large bloom is white 
when first opened, changing to pink. 
Omphalodes linifolia ( Venus’s Navelwort ) ; 
h.a. ; 18 inches. — This very charming plant 
should be in every garden, and yet, although it is 
the easiest thing to grow, it is but seldom seen. 
It is from i foot to 15 inches high, and has a 
multitude of milk-white flowers, shaped like For- 
get-me-not, that are in perfect colour harmony 
with the grey foliage. When once established 
it will sow itself again, but it is as well to give 
it a fresh place every two years. It will thrive 
anywhere, but rather prefers a place in slight 
shade where it lasts longer than in the open. It 
may be sown either in spring or autumn. 
Onopordon arabicum (i Giant Thistle) ; hardy 
biennial. — One of the handsomest of the great 
Thistles, 8 feet high, with spiny silvery foliage. 
0 . bracteatum is a taller plant of important 
aspect. 
Pansy. See Viola. 
Papaver glaucum ( Tulip Poppy). — Perhaps 
the most brilliantly coloured of all annual plants. 
The flowers are of a deep scarlet colour well set 
off by the smooth, glaucous foliage. It is much 
best sown in autumn. 
Papaver nudicaule (. Iceland Poppy) ; hardy 
biennial. — One of the hardiest of garden plants, 
growing wild within the Arctic Circle. It is 12 
