. Sea-coast gardens and gardening . silver foliage isbeautiful and the involucre, of 8 to 9 large, oval,spiny leaves, pale grey or glaucous, is very grows from four to five feet high and in masseslooks very picturesque. R. Maritimum, or thecommon Sea Holly, is one of the most glaucous ofthe species, very pretty, and requires no specialculture. It flowers from July to October and growsfrom 6 inches to i]4 foot high. It is often foundwild along the English coast in company with theoyster plant (Mertensia maritimd). E. Oliverianum,is often confounded with the Amethyst Sea Holly,which
. Sea-coast gardens and gardening . silver foliage isbeautiful and the involucre, of 8 to 9 large, oval,spiny leaves, pale grey or glaucous, is very grows from four to five feet high and in masseslooks very picturesque. R. Maritimum, or thecommon Sea Holly, is one of the most glaucous ofthe species, very pretty, and requires no specialculture. It flowers from July to October and growsfrom 6 inches to i]4 foot high. It is often foundwild along the English coast in company with theoyster plant (Mertensia maritimd). E. Oliverianum,is often confounded with the Amethyst Sea Holly,which it much resembles, but it is a good deal taller,sometimes reaching 4 feet in height. The ten ortwelve bracts composing the involucre, are longerthan the heads of flowers and have about a dozenteeth on each side. In habit it is more nearly alliedto E. alpinum than any of the other kinds. Thisplant ripens seed freely, and in this way may beeasily increased. On a sunny summer morning togo into your garden and see the blue Sea Hollies. o FLOWERS IN SEA-COAST GARDENS 65 all in bloom, makes you think the world a verylovely place indeed. Being in a great hurry forimmediate effect, I bought my plants instead ofsowing seed and had to wait a year or two beforethey made good growth again. Then there are the Sea Lavenders {Statice)dwarf perennials or annuals. Most of the SeaLavenders bear large twiggy flower-stems, coveredwith myriads of small flowers, which are for themost part dry and membraneous, and retain theircolour long after being cut, so that they resembleEverlastings, but at the same time are almost as fineand feathery as the Gypsophila. The best of thelarger kinds are S. Limonium, of which there areseveral varities; S. Latifolia, the finest of all, withwide-spreading flower-stems and a profusion ofsmall purpluish-blue flowers, and S. tatarica, adwarfer species, with distinct red flowers. Thesmaller kinds make capital rock plants; such asS. minuta, S. caspia, S. eximia, and S. m
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