foot long, which hang down from amidst the foliage. In both these 
varieties the flowers are white and very sweetly scented; in Cornu- 
copia they are double, in Wrightii single. 
There are delphiniums which may be treated as annuals and with 
one exception they are of the Chinese type, dwarf, with blue or white 
flowers. The one exception is delphinium nudicale, a foot in height, 
of spreading habit, with tuberous roots, dark green leathery foliage 
and many spikes of scarlet and yellow flowers. Although perhaps not 
quite so beautiful as the blue kinds, it is a showy and effective plant 
with a very long blooming season. I start my seeds in pots about the 
first of February and they begin blooming about July; the second 
season they start flowering much earlier, by the first of June, and are, 
of course, stronger and better in every way. 
It seems strange to get seed of so essentially American a flower as 
the California poppy from England, but there is a variety of escholtzia 
I have never seen listed except in the catalogue of one English firm. 
This variety is called Miniature Primrose, and is absolutely different 
from any other California poppy I know. It grows not more than 
three or four inches high, the delicate pale foliage is erect like grass, 
and the little cup-shaped flowers, light creamy yellow in color, are also 
held erect. I like to sow it broadcast and thickly in bare places 
beneath taller plants where it makes a pretty ground cover. 
The orange colored erysimum belongs to the wallflower family and 
comes both as a biennial and as an annual, with flowers that are 
similar in both forms. Erysimums come also in shades of yellow. 
Gilia is a dainty, rather than a showy annual, but it is worth trying, 
with its slender stems and foliage and its pretty flowers in mauve, 
white and pink. 
And in gaura, we have another of those good things from western 
America, which are so much more appreciated on the other side of 
the Atlantic. Gaura is a perennial of doubtful hardiness; it 
lives out over the winter, with me, in a sheltered place and in light 
soil, but is perhaps best grown as an annual. It is a graceful plant 
with long arching sprays of pinkish white flowers, the stems rising from 
a tuft of dark green leaves sometimes mottled with red. It is in- 
clined to get a little untidy in wet or windy weather so is best placed 
behind plants of more compact habit. 
Layia is a native of California. Its soft, pale green leaves re- 
semble those of the poppy family, but its yellow and white flowers are 
daisy-shaped. It is a delightful plant, so clean and fresh looking and 
very full flowering throughout a long season. 
I find that comparatively few people know the very brilliant and 
