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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
A trailing, hardy kind, useful as a carpeting plant, liking 
light soil and propagated from seed. 
CE. Youngei. Deep yellow, large- flowered, a better variety 
than fruticosa ; i foot high, flowering from June to 
September. Both this and its double form like a damp 
place. 
OMPHALODES, “ Creeping Forget-me-not.” 
(N.O. Boraginaceae.) 
Free-growing trailing plants, liking partial shade and good, well- 
drained soil, sandy loam, or peat or leaf-mould, of which one 
variety, “ Blue-eyed Mary,” is found wild in the woods of Ireland 
and Wales. 
O. verna (Blue-eyed Mary). Rich bright blue and bright 
green leaves, 6 inches high, flowering in April and May 
and easily propagated by division. In rich garden soil, 
this plant will grow and flourish. 
ONONIS, “Rest Harrow.” (N.O. Leguminosae.) 
Good border or edging plants, free-flowering. Propagated by 
seed and division. 
O. rotundifolia. Red crimson, i to 2 feet high, flowering from 
May to July. Propagated by seed or division. 
ONOSMA. (N.O. Boraginaceae.) 
Showy plants thriving well in good garden soil, the variety 
tanricum or Golden Drop having a great attraction for rabbits. 
U. albo-roseum. White changing to rose, 1 foot high. A 
showy plant, liking deep cultivation and a free sandy loam, 
and should be planted in a sunny situation. 
O. echioides (Golden Drop). Generally known as tauricum , 
a charming evergreen plant with drooping clusters of 
citron flowers. April to July. 8 to 15 inches high. Pro- 
pagated from seed or cuttings taken in the flowering 
season. 
ORNITHOGALUM, “Star of Bethlehem.” (N.O. Liliacea.) 
Early summer bulbs. White star-shaped flowers with green 
stripes on the outside of petals. Good for shady places where other 
plants do not thrive, O. pyramidale and O. wnbellatum being the 
best, about 1 foot high. 
