ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 267 
plant to beds of late tulips, as it remains in flower the whole 
summer. 
It has a strong aromatic scent, and is easily propagated by cuttings 
or division. 
N. macrantha . A tall-growing variety with blue-violet flowers, 
rather untidy in the border. Flowering in July and 
August. 2 to 3 feet high. 
N. Mussini . Blue- violet, 12 to 15 inches high, flowering from 
May to October. A tidier plant than the preceding one, 
with grey-green foliage. 
N. Trinity College. Flowering earlier than the type. 
N. violacece. Light glaucous foliage and clouds of grey-blue 
flowers. 
N. variegata. A pretty variegated form. 
CENOTHERA, “Evening Primrose.” (N.O. Onagraceae.) 
Very pretty hardy flowers, easily grown in any soil, and all bloom- 
ing the first year from early seedlings. Lamarckiana , a tall-grow- 
ing evening primrose, which only opens its flowers in the evening, 
will thrive even under dense fir trees, and may be met with growing 
wild in the pine-woods of France. 
CE. grandijlora lamarckiana. Yellow flowers, 4 feet high, 
flowering in July and August, and opening in the evening. 
Propagated by seed. In most gardens this is treated as 
a biennial. 
CE. eximia (or ccespitosa or marginata). White, tinted with 
rose, and very fragrant ; 1 foot high, flowering June to 
September. Propagated by seed or divisions in early 
spring. This plant requires very good drainage and a 
sunny position in porous loam. 
CE. glauca. Bright yellow, flowering June to August, about 
2 feet high. Propagated by seed, cuttings, or division, 
and with a still better variety in Fraseri . 
CE. M. Cuthbertson. Glossy yellow, double flowers, 2 feet 
high, June to September 
CE. macro carpa or missouriensis. Yellow, large flowers of 
trailing habit, 1 foot high, June to September. 
CE. pumila or riparia. Yellow flowers, 6 inches high. A 
miniature variety. 
CE. speciosa. Large white fragrant flowers, 1 foot high, flower- 
ing June to September. A fine species, objecting to 
heavy soil. 
CE. taraxacifolia or acaulis. White flowers, 6 inches high. 
