Toad Flax.
A Garden Corner
JT IS HARD to realise that there are about 130 species of the Linaria, and the highly esteemed garden favourite of to-day is the result of crossing many of these to combine the size, variety and rich colours to be got from a packet of any good strain, such as Maroccana hybrids. The name Linaria is derived from the Latin word, linon—flax, due to the resemblance of the leaves to that of the ordinary flax linum. One of the species, L. cymbalaria, as a dwarf climber, is very effective on low walls or rock faces. As annuals for the flower border few things are as bright, and they re-sow themselves very freely. There are some excellent things for the rockery in the perennial section, notably L. alpina with violet flowers and Oreganifolia, blue. The countries bordering on the Mediterranean are freely sprinkled with varieties of the genus Linaria. T. D. LENNIE. .
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 457, 19 May 1932, Page 10
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