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5. Iberis saxatilis \ Of smaller habit than I. sempervirens, being 
6. ,, cordifoliay a very neat, compact evergreen species, four to 
six inches high, and producing an equally fine effect as the foregoing 
species, and, with it, blooming from the last week in April until June. 
7. Scilla nutans. —A neat early spring flowering bulbous-rooted 
plant, twelve inches high, with numerous terminal spikes of rich dark 
blue pendent bell-shaped Hyacinth-like flowers in April and May, 
forming a conspicuous object for small groups or parterres. 
8. iScilla campanulata alba. —An ornamental early spring flowering 
bulbous plant, twelve to sixteen inches high, of slender upright Hyacinth¬ 
like habit, with dark green flaccid lanceolate leaves, and numerous erect 
flower scapes, bearing a profusion of conspicuous snow-white open-lobed 
bell-shaped blossoms. A beautiful plant for early effect in small or 
large groups throughout the borders, or in the foreground of select 
shrubberies, or in prominent positions, en masse, of the flower garden. 
9. Cheiranthus alpinus (syn. Erysimum diffusum).—A gay early- 
flowering biennial plant, of dwarf compact habit, six inches high, with 
narrow leaves and short stems, terminating with massive corymb-like 
clusters of remarkably bright brimstone-coloured flowers, forming a 
conspicuous and enlivening object for small groups in April and May. 
10. Yeronicateucrium^'\S\^'&'d may be classed amongst the most 
11. ,, patens > desirable species of this genus for early 
12. „ nana J summer effect in small beds or groups in 
flower borders. They are ornamental perennial herbaceous plants, the 
first named about eighteen inches high, and the latter from nine to 
twelve inches, of a compact bushy habit, producing numerous terminal 
and axillary spikes of very rich ultramarine blue blossoms in May and 
June. 
13. Mimulus rivularis par dimes. —A rare and highly ornamental 
spring and summer flowering perennial herbaceous plant, six to nine 
inches high, perfectly hardy, distinguished from most other allied 
varieties by a less luxuriant growth, and producing, when grown in 
fully exposed situations, and in soils not over stimulated by vegetable 
matter, a profusion of comparatively large golden yellow flowers, 1| to 
2 inches wide, each picturesquely marked with five remarkably rich 
crimson cloud-like blotches on the marginal lobes. Well adapted for 
early summer effect in full south aspects, and for a successive bloom on 
north or north-east borders. 
14. Cheiranthus MarshaUi —A highly interesting spring-flowering 
biennial plant, of compact habit, with neat dark green leaves, and 
terminal racemes of brilliant orange, close lobed, salver-like blossoms, 
each nearly three-quarters of an inch wide, and imparting a delightful 
odour. Well adapted for distant effect in single groups or small 
parterres. 
15. Scilla campanulata intermedia. —This plant is similar in its 
growth to S. campanulata alba (No. 8), as a perennial spring flowering 
herbaceous bulbous-rooted plant, twelve inches high, with conspicuous 
spikes of porcelain blue, open bell-shaped flowers, suitable for varied 
effect among early blooming objects. 
16. Narcissus tenuifolia (Corbularia tenuifolia)\ Two of the most 
17. „ bulbocodium (G. bulbocodiimi) y beautiful species 
