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purple, May, i ft. , S. Europe; G. phaeum, coppery-bronze, 
June, i8in., Europe; G. pratense, soft blue, summer, 
2ft., Britain, a first-rate plant for naturalising in masses 
in the wild garden ; G. pratense album, white, 3ft. ; 
G. pratense flore pleno, double, blue, 2ft. ; G. pratense 
roseum, rose, 2ft., three varieties equally adapted to be 
grown as advised for the parent species ; G. sanguineum, a 
native species, crimson-purple, summer, gin. ; G. sanguineum 
album, white, summer, gin. ; G. sanguineum lancastriense, 
pink and rose, a dwarf trailer; and G. sylvaticum fl. pi., 
another native species, bearing double purple flowers, and 
growing 2ft. high. 
Geum (Avens). — Showy and interesting hardy perennials, 
adapted for rockery or border cultivation in good, ordinary, 
well-drained soil. Members of the Rose order (Rosacete). The 
flowers are brilliantly coloured, and are most useful for cutting. 
The best kinds are: G. chiloense, scarlet and bronze, summer; 
height, 2 to 3ft. Grandiflorum is a variety with bright scarlet 
flowers ; and there is also a double-flowered form which is 
still more beautiful. The foregoing are splendid border plants. 
G Heldriechii is a lowly kind, bearing bright orange-red 
flowers, and growing ift. high. Its variety splendens bears 
larger flowers of a rich orange-scarlet, and is an exceedingly 
showy plant. G. miniatum, really a variety of G. chiloense, 
bears large single orange-scarlet flowers, and grows 2ft. high. 
G. montanum aurantiacum grows only 6in. high, and bears 
orange-yellow flowers. A variety named maximum bears much 
larger golden-yellow flowers, and grows 1 ft. high. G. cocci - 
neum, scarlet, 2ft., and its double variety, Mrs. Bradshaw% 
scarlet, 2ft., are also pretty kinds. We may add that the 
flowers last a long time in a cut state. Planting may be 
done in autumn or spring. The Geums are sun-loving plants, 
but they like plenty of moisture at the roots. Increased by 
seeds sown in the open border in April ; also by division of 
the roots in autumn and spring. May also be increased by 
cuttings of side shoots in a cold frame. 
Gilia.. — Hardy annuals, belonging to the Phlox order 
(Polemoniaceae), and extremely pretty flowering plants for bor- 
ders or beds. The flowers, moreover, are most useful for 
cutting. The following are very pretty species : G. achilleae- 
folia major, cobalt blue, ift. ; G. dianthoides, rosy-purple, 6in. ; 
E. liniflora, white, gin. ; and G. tricolor, orange-yellow, purple 
and white, ift. Of the latter there are white, rose, etc., 
coloured varieties, all very pretty. Seeds may be sown in the 
open border in September to ensure plants for early summer 
blooming, and in April for late summer flowering. Sow thinly 
