For the securing strength to the plant also, it
will be well to pinch off the flower so soon as it shews symptoms of
decay.
The wire worm is a great enemy to bulbs, and whenever it appears they
should be taken up, cleaned, and re-planted. It is hardly necessary to
say that all other vermin and insects must be watched, and immediately
removed.
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THE BIENNIAL BORDER PLANTS.
It is only necessary to mention a few of these, as the curious in
floriculture will always make their own selection, the following will
therefore suffice.--
The SPEEDWELL-LEAVED HEDGE HYSSOP, Gratiola veronicifolia, _Bhoomee,
sooel chumnee_, seldom cultivated, though deserving to be so, has a
small blue flower.
The SIMPLE-STALKED LOBELIA, Lobelia simplex, introduced from the Cape,
yields a pretty blue flower.
The EVENING PRIMROSE, Oenothera mutabilis, a pretty white flower that
blossoms in the evening, its petals becoming pink by morning.
The FLAX-LEAVED PIMPERNEL, Anagallis linifolia, a rare plant, giving a
blue flower in the rains; introduced from Portugal.
The BROWALLIA, of two lauds, both pretty and interesting plants;
originally from South America.
The _Spreading Browallia_, B. demissa is the smallest of these, and
blossoms in single flowers of bright blue, at the beginning of the cold
weather.
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