. Alpine plants. Mountain plants; Rock gardens. CHOICE PLANTS FOR ROCK GARDENS i6i of a choice opal being transferred to the gossamer petals of a dainty forget-me-not of about double the ordinary size, the flowers gracefully poised on slender stems clothed with foliage that is glaucous, or powdered grey, rather than green. Thus may one conjure up a fair vision of what Omphalodes lucihae is like, and another way of describing it would be to say that it is one of the sweetest, daintiest, and prettiest Uttle flowers that grow. Such a. Omphalodes Lucili^e surrounded by a Fence of perforated Zinc t
. Alpine plants. Mountain plants; Rock gardens. CHOICE PLANTS FOR ROCK GARDENS i6i of a choice opal being transferred to the gossamer petals of a dainty forget-me-not of about double the ordinary size, the flowers gracefully poised on slender stems clothed with foliage that is glaucous, or powdered grey, rather than green. Thus may one conjure up a fair vision of what Omphalodes lucihae is like, and another way of describing it would be to say that it is one of the sweetest, daintiest, and prettiest Uttle flowers that grow. Such a. Omphalodes Lucili^e surrounded by a Fence of perforated Zinc to ward off Slugs. plant is worth taking some pains to grow, and it must be admitted that it does want some care and attention. The chief difficulty is to prevent slugs devouring the soft, succulent growths, for which they evince a vexing partiality. My safeguard is to encircle each plant with a band of perforated zinc about an inch in depth. A friend who gave me this hint some years ago insisted that L. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Macself, A. J. (Albert James), 1878-1952. New York : Scribner
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