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has silvery foliage and is much used in summer bedding. 
A variety of it named candidissima has foliage of a more 
silvery hue, and is superior to its parent for bedding purposes. 
Both are easily reared from seed in heat in spring, the seed- 
lings being grown on in pots and planted out at the end of 
May. Cuttings of the side-shoots may also be inserted in 
small pots of sandy soil in a frame or greenhouse in autumn, 
kept thus till May, and then planted out. On light soils, and 
in mild districts, these plants will survive the winter outdoors, 
but they are apt to grow straggly. S. elegans (Purple Jacobaea) 
is a showy half-hardy annual from South Africa. It grows 
about i8in. high, and there, are double and single-flowered 
forms of it, the former being the best. The flowers are of 
various shades of white and crimson. A mixed packet of seed 
will yield a variation of showy colours. The varieties nanus, 
dwarf; albus, white; atropurpureus, purple; and carmineus, 
crimson, grow about a foot high. They are showy plants for 
beds or massing in borders. Sow the seeds in heat in March, 
harden off the seedlings and plant out a foot apart in good, 
rich, sandy soil in May. May also be sown in the open border 
in April or May, afterwards thinning the seedlings out to 
io or min. apart. The hardy perennials may be increased by 
seeds sown outdoors in April, or by division in autumn or 
spring. S. pulcher may also be increased by cuttings of the 
fleshy roots, 2in. long, inserted in sandy soil in a cold frame in 
spring. 
Shortia. — S. galacifolia is a dwarf perennial, growing 
3 to 4in. high, an 1 bearing white or pale rose, funnel-shaped 
flowers in March and April. A native of N. America and a 
member of the Nat. 'Ord. Diapensiaceae. The foliage assumes 
a pretty bronzy-crimson tint in autumn. A charming plant to 
grow in a bed of sandy peat or sand loam on a sunny rockery. 
One or tw'o plants might also be tried in partial shade, as 
sometimes they do better there than in a sunny position. 
Plant in autumn or spring. Increased by seeds sown in 
sandy peat in a cold frame in spring ; also by division in 
March. 
Sibthorpia (Moneywort). — S. europaea is a native trail- 
ing perennial, with small, kidney-shaped leaves and rose or 
pink flowers borne in late summer. A form of it called varie- 
gata has leaves margined with creamy-white. The latter, 
however, rarely thrives well outdoors. The species will grow 
in ordinary moist soil on a shady rockery, and the variety 
may be tried under similar conditions. Increasea Dy division 
of the rooted stems in spring. Foxglove order (Scrophu- 
lariaceae). 
