HARDY PLANTS. 
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rockery, Corsica; L. pallida, pale blue, scented, July to Sept., 
2 to 3in., Italy, suitable for rockery; L. purpurea, bluish- 
purple, summer, i to 3ft., South Europe, suitable for old walls 
and dry places ; L. saxatiiis, yellow, summer, shoots creeping 
and suitable for a rockery, Spain ; L. vulgaris, yellow, summer, 
1 to 2ft., Britain, suitable for dry, sunny banks. The annual 
species require to be raised from seeds sown in April where 
the plants are to flower, and the seedlings thinned out w'hen 
an inch or so high. Sow in bold groups. The perennial 
kinds will succeed in any good garden soil not too heavy or 
damp. A sunny rockery or border is essential. Plant in 
autumn or spring. Increased by seeds sown in gentle heat 
in spring, the seedlings hardened off and planted out in 
May ; by seeds sown in the open in April ; also by cuttings 
of non-flowering side-shoots inserted in sandy soil in a cold 
frame in early autumn. L. multipunctata is identical with L. 
Broussonettii. 
LincJelofia. (Himalayan Hound’s Tongue). — L. specta- 
bilis is the only species, and this is a hardy perennial, growing 
1 to 2 ft. high and bearing small violet-purple tubular flowers 
in drooping clusters in early summer. It belongs to the 
Forget-me-not order (Boraginaceae) and is a native of N.W. 
India. This showy perennial requires a well-drained sandy 
soil and a sunny sheltered border. Does well in chalky 
soils. Plant in October or March. Increased by seeds sown 
in gentle heat in March, or in a sunny border outdoors in 
April. 
Linum (Flax). — A genus of valuable and elegant hardy 
perennials or annuals, belonging to the Flax order (Linaceae). 
L. alpinum is a dwarf species, growing 6in. high, and bearing 
blue flowers in summer. A native of S. Europe, and adapted 
for rockery culture. L. campanulatum is another S. European 
species, growing ift. high, and bearing bright yellow flowers 
in June. L. grandiflorum is a bright and showy annual, grow- 
ing 1 ft. high, and bearing rosy-red flowers in summer. A fine 
plant for massing in beds or borders. A native of Algeria. 
L. flavum, a native of Austria, bears golden-yellow flowers, and 
grows i8in. high. L. narbonense is a lovely S. European 
species, bearing sky-blue flowers on long, graceful stems in 
June and July, and growing ift. high. L. perenne is a 
native species, bearing blue flowers, and growing i8in. high. 
The annual species (L. grandiflorum) may bt».reared from 
seed sown in the beds or borders in April where required to 
grow and flower. It displays its dazzling colour to the best 
effect when grown in a mass. The perennial species will 
thrive in good ordinary soil in sunny borders. They are best 
