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4.—GILIA TENUIFLORA, Benth. THE SLENDER-FLOWERED G1L1A. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. t. 1888 ; and our fig. 6, in Plate 28. tary. Corymbs loose, on long peduncles. Corolla four times longer 
Specific Character.— Stem erect, tall, clammy, nearly naked, than the calyx.—( Benth .) 
and panicled at top. Leaves glabrous, bipinnate. Fowers usually soli- 
Description, &c. —This plant is a striking proof of the difficulty of describing a plant accurately from 
dried specimens, as Mr. Bentham, judging from the dried plant sent home by Douglas, called the flowers blue, 
while in fact they are of a beautiful pink. Dr. Bindley says, “ the corolla is in reality of a rich, clear, uniform 
violet in the inside, and, on the outside, of a pale rose, but this colour is much affected by the presence of 
innumerable short deep-red lines, which are as delicate as if they were drawn with the point of a needle.”—The 
“ flowers change in drying from rose colour to blue.” As there appears something remarkable about the colour 
of this flower we have transcribed Dr. Lindley’s own words, and we have only to add that the colour of a 
living specimen which we received August 16, from Lee’s Nursery, Hammersmith, was exactly that shown in 
our plate. It is a very pretty, delicate, and indeed beautiful flower, on long slender stalks, growing about two 
feet high and much branched. It was found by Douglas in California, and seeds were sent home by him in 
1833, to the Horticultural Society’s Garden at Chiswick, but only one plant was raised. It ripened, however, 
abundance of seeds, and is now grown as we have before observed at Lee’s, and probably in some other 
nurseries. Seeds may be had also at Charlwood’s. Douglas sent it home under the name of Cilia splendent ?, 
but we believe that name has never been adopted in England. The culture is the same as that of all the 
Californian annuals, see p. 156. 
5.—GILIA TRICOLOR Benth. 
Engravings.— Unit. Trans. N. S. 1, t. 18, fig. 3 ; Bot. Reg. t. 
1704; Swt. Brit. FIoav. Gard. N. S. t. 264; Bot. Mag. t. 3463; 
Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. i. p. 150 ; Bot. Gard. vol. vi. No. 509 ; and 
our fig. 4, in Plate 28. 
Varieties. — G. t. 2 alba, our fig. 5, in Plate 28 ; syn. G. bieolor; 
G. t. 2 fl. albicantibus, D. Don. 
THE THREE-COLOURED GILIA. 
Specific Character. —Stem erect, glabrous, leafy. Leaves bipin¬ 
nate ; leaflets or segments linear-subulate. Corymbs 3 to 6-flowered, 
virgately panicled. Corolla about three times longer tbau the calyx.— 
(Benth.) 
Description, &c.— This very pretty little annual is now so common in every garden, that it is not necessary 
to give any particular account of it, and the number of times that it has been figured during the six years that have 
passed since its introduction, show’s the value that has been set upon it as an ornamental plant. It was found by 
Douglas in California, in 1833, and seeds were sent by him in that year to the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
The plant is of the easiest culture, and, if left to itself, will come up like a weed. It succeeds admirably, treated 
as we have recommended for the Leptosiphons, see p. 156; and by successive sowings in February, April, 
June, and August, beds of it may be kept in full flower the whole summer. Even if merely sown in February, 
and left to sow its own seeds as soon as they are ripe, it will produce a second crop the same year. Seeds may 
be procured in any seed-shop, and they are generally so thoroughly well ripened, that all that are sown will 
vegetate. Cilia tricolor has a brilliant effect when sown to form a bed by itself, but it also looks very well sown 
with mignonette in the way directed for the Clarkias, see p. 57- The variety only differs in having no lilac in 
the flowers; and as neither of the kinds grow above a foot high, they look very well sown together. Care 
should, however, be taken not to sow the seeds too thickly; as they look better when allowed to spread, than 
when drawn up. 
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