102 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Senecio multibracteatus 
Tunica Sazifraga 
Verbena hybrida grandijlora “Rose Queen” 
Verbena hybrida grandifiora “Lucifer” 
Zinnia elegans “Achievement” 
Zinnia elegans “Double Dahlia-flowered” 
Zinnia elegans “Giant Dahlia” 
Zinnia elegans ‘“Picotee” 
Zinnia elegans “Quilled” 
Zinnia robusta grandiflora plenissima “Rose King” 
All of the plants received the same amount of cultivation 
and moisture. Some grew remarkably well, while others were 
partial or total failures. Many of the plants advertised as 
novelties or superior to well-known varieties proved, under 
existing conditions at least, to be no better than those grow- 
ing in the Garden. The following notes describe briefly the 
most interesting plants of this season. ‘ 
Calliopsis radiata ‘‘Tiger Star’’ grew to a height of ten 
inches and was covered with many small brown flowers. It 
was advertised as a continuous bloomer, but in the test garden 
the plants all died after their first flowering the latter part 
of June. It was attractive when in bloom, but its season short. 
Celosia chrysanthefolia ‘‘Celosiamum,’’ claimed to be a 
cross between Celosia Childsiti and argentea, proved to be 
very variable. Some plants could not be distinguished from 
Celosia Childsui, the Chinese wool flower, and others resembled 
Celosia argentea. No flowers were produced as advertised. 
Dahlias were readily grown from seed and gave great satis- 
faction in the wealth and variety of bloom. From a packet 
of peony-flowered dahlia seed, obtained from an English firm, 
a number of exceptionally large, double flowers were derived. 
One especially good plant produced large, lavender peony- 
type flowers, which measured seven inches across, 
The annual Delphinium Ajacis ‘‘Blue Gem’’ was a good 
dwarf plant. Seed sown the middle of March produced 
blooming plants during July and August. In September 
fresh growths were sent up which bloomed in October. Seeds 
did not set freely. 
The ‘‘Prolifie White Sunflower,’’ Helianthus annuus, dis- 
tributed by a western firm, was said to grow only three feet 
tall, but those in the test garden grew six and seven feet. The 
heads were very large and contained many white seeds, few 
of which were fertile. 
The ‘‘Flanders Field Poppy,’’ Papaver Rhoeas, produced 
an abundance of red flowers throughout the greater part of 
the summer, equal in size and color to those so numerous in 
European fields. 
