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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
white flowers, and is on the whole more attractive 
than the type. The form known as bicolor has blue 
and white flowers. The plants grow in any garden 
soil, and are easily raised from seeds, or by division. 
GAZANIA splendens. — This pretty plant is con- 
sidered to be a hybrid between the orange G. rigens, 
and the yellow G. uniflora. It grows about 14 feet 
high, having narrow spoon-shaped leaves rendered 
conspicuous by the white undersurface. The flowers 
appear during the summer months, and are bright 
orange yellow with a black and white spot at' the base 
of each ray floret. 
Being natives of South Africa, the Gazanias like 
warm sunny positions, and thrive in a mixture of 
sandy loam and peat. Propagation is chiefly affected 
by making cuttings of the non-flowering side shoots 
in July and August, inserting them in sandy soil in a 
cold frame. During the winter months they should 
be protected from frost. 
GENTIAN A acaulis. — This brilliant native of the 
Alps and Pyrenees makes fine tufts of ovate lance- 
shaped leaves, and large bright blue bell-shaped 
flowers, as shown on Plate 13, fig. 37. It likes a 
moist loamy and well-drained soil, and may be used 
for carpeting the border or rockery in partially shaded 
positions. Other blue-flowered Gentians that may be 
treated in the same way are G. asclepiadea and 
G. verna. They may be increased by careful division 
in spring, or from seeds sown when ripe in a cold 
frame. Other useful Gentians with blue flowers are 
G. adscendens (July) ; G. Andrewsi, 1 to 2 feet high, 
flowers in August and likes moist or boggy places; 
