Plate 103. 
ELEGANT NEMOPHILA. 
Nemophila discoidalis , elegans. 
We are indebted to the kindness of Messrs. Charlewood and 
Cummins, of Covent Garden, for the opportunity of figuring this 
very beautiful variety of Nemophila , which was exhibited by 
them at a meeting of the Floral Committee last year, when it 
received a label of commendation, as an annual worthy of 
general cultivation. 
All the individuals of this family are favourites, and there is 
probably more of the pretty little blue Nemophila insignis sown 
than of any other annual, with the exception of Mignonette; 
and, as they are perfectly hardy, they can be sown in the au¬ 
tumn to stand during the winter, when they come into bloom 
very early, and can be removed before the bedding plants are 
put out; in pots, too, on the front shelf of a greenhouse, they 
make nice flowering plants during winter, N. maculata being 
especially desirable for this purpose. The variety of N. cito- 
maria which we figured in our last volume is a pretty addition 
to the garden varieties of this family, and so, we think it will 
be admitted, is the one we now figure. 
We are informed by Mr. Cummins, that N discoidalis elegans 
was first observed by their gardener about three years ago, in a 
bed of discoidalis , and that upon being consulted by him he 
thought it worth while to select it as a distinct variety; since 
then it has been grown separately, and a sutficient quantity of 
seed has been obtained to enable the raisers to distribute it to 
the public in the course of the next season, when we doubt not 
it will find its way into the hands of most lovers of garden 
flowers. 
We cannot do better, we think, than give, as a description 
of it, the report made by the Floral Committee in the Horti- 
