. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. Osalis rosea. Battersea. 0. Deppei has flowers of a pinkish-lilac colour, abouthalf-an-inch in diameter, and, as it flowers in bunches, it makes agood beddincf plant. Its leaves have a dark stripe round the centre,BomethinK like those of tetraphylla; its bulbs are also similar tothose of that variety. In addition to those named the followin£^ are allhardy and useful for bedding purposes, viz., arborea and its varieties,cormorensis, articnlata, flava, digitata, floribanda (rose and white),pecLinata, purpurea, and its
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. Osalis rosea. Battersea. 0. Deppei has flowers of a pinkish-lilac colour, abouthalf-an-inch in diameter, and, as it flowers in bunches, it makes agood beddincf plant. Its leaves have a dark stripe round the centre,BomethinK like those of tetraphylla; its bulbs are also similar tothose of that variety. In addition to those named the followin£^ are allhardy and useful for bedding purposes, viz., arborea and its varieties,cormorensis, articnlata, flava, digitata, floribanda (rose and white),pecLinata, purpurea, and its variety laxnla, latifolia, casiopetala,and its flesh-coloured variety, lactiflora, violacea, versicolor, tetra-phylla, speciosa, spectabilis, Schilterl, and rabella. Of kinds gene-rally grown in pots in the greenhouse, O. rosea is one of tho best; it. Oxalis Dcppci. Oxalis Vuliliviana. has lliwers singly (not in bunches), over 1 in. in diameter, and brightrose in colour; in habit it is dwarf, with an abundance of pale greenleafage. Other greenhouse varieties are compressa, lanata, rosacea,aiborea Intea, rutilans, lasiafidra, elegans, asinina, filicaulis, bifida,lepoiina, lobata, caprina, Horibuuda (rose), variabilis (red andwhite), cernua and its double-flowered variety, fragrans, venusta,Cervantesi, grandifloia rosea, hirta rosea, and hirtella. For beddingout, those that flower singly are preferable to those in bunches. Inever remember seeing a better substitute for the beautiful californicum, which I once saw in perfection at Shrublandiark than O. Boweana. R. U. B. Sisyrinchium grandiflornin.—This is my favourite spring flower—aively mauve-purple. It seems to like a north border. Few people know it.— ^KAXINtLLA. Griffioia oruata —This is de-iicribeil as a very ornamental species. It wasinptirtoii fnmi Ifin,
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