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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



exploded and disappeared. They 

 were then removed, and picked over, 

 and about four quarts of green seeds 

 taken off for pickling; and the circle 

 was at once planted with asters in 

 distinct colours. Those asters were 

 sown in pans on the 15th of April. 

 The pans were placed in a frame, and 

 had no artificial heat; and when large 

 enough to handle, were potied sepa- 

 rately in small pots, in rich soil, and 

 were well taken care of till wanted. 

 "When the asters bloomed, there was 

 another grand display, which lasted 

 till the dripping weather of October 

 made an end of it. Then a lot of 

 pompone chrysanthemums, prepared 

 for the purpose in six-inch pots, were 

 planted, and pegged down, and thus 

 there was a third display ; the cost of 

 the whole but a few shillings, and 

 the trouble next to nothing — in fact, 

 a delightful amusement : the word 

 trouble ought never to be used in 

 such a matter. There are other ways 

 of accomplishing a similar result. 

 For instance, in a length of border, 

 the annuals may be sown in clumps 

 two feet apart. Six weeks after- 

 wards, sowings may be made inter- 

 mediate between all the clumps; so 

 that as the first are removed, the 

 second will come into bloom, and so 

 continue the display. 



The brevity of the following list 

 will perhaps be one of its best recom- 

 mendations. It would be easier to 

 make a long list than a short one. but 

 the object is to name only such kinds 

 as are thoroughly showy, require no 

 peculiar soil or treatment, and are to 

 be obtained true of any respectable 

 seedsman in any part of the kingdom. 



Ihe figures denote the ordinary 

 height in inches, the asterisks denote 

 that the kinds so distinguished are 

 pre-eminently adapted for producing 

 brilliant eflects. All that are named 

 are beautiful. 



White. — Large-flowered white 

 candytuft, 12* ; Venus's navelwort, 



6 (makes a silvery marginal line) ; 

 Campanula Lorei alba, 12*; Clarkia 

 alba, 12; white Virginian stock, 6* 

 (splendid outside band or line, soon 

 over); white larkspur, 24*; Alyssum 

 calycinum, 6; Collinsia eandidissinia, 

 12. 



Yellow. — Athanasia annua, 15* ; 

 Erysimum arkansanum, 18* ; Erysi- 

 mum Pen ffskiaiium (orange) 18*; 

 Eschscholtzia californica, 12; Esch- 

 scholtzia tenuifolia (primrose), 6; 

 Tropseolum Tom Thumb, Crystal 

 Palace Gem, 12 ; yellow spotted Tom 

 lhumb tropseolum. 12*; Lupinua 

 lutea, 9; Limnanthes Douglasi, 12 ; 

 Leptosiphon aureus, 6. 



Red, Scarlet, and Crimson. — 

 Crimson candytuft, 12* ; Linum 

 grandiflorum (may be left rather close 

 as it is of slender habit), 12* ; scarlet 

 Tom Thumb tropeeoluin, 12*; crim- 

 son Tom Thumb tropaeolum, 12*; 

 Dianthus chinensis, 12 ; Dianthus 

 Heddewigi, 1_* ; Silene armeria, 12*. 



Rose a^d Rose-shades. — Clarkia 

 pulchella, 12* ; Lupiuus Hartwegi 

 roseus, 24 ; Lupiuus hybridus insignia 

 24; Saponaria ealabrica, 8*; Silene 

 pendula, 12*; Viscaria oculata, 12*. 



Lilac and Blue. — Campanula 

 speculum, 6 ; Centauiea cyanus, 24 ; 

 Collinsia bicolor, 12; Convolvulus 

 minor, 6 ; Delphinum cardiopetalum, 

 12 ; Delphinum chinense (this ought 

 to be raised on a gentle heat; it is 

 the only plant in the list which is net 

 well adapted for sowing in the open 

 ground, but it is included because the 

 finest of all blue annuals for a large 

 ^roup ; it is, in fact, unsurpassabh ), 

 18* ; Godetia vinosa, 12 ; Leptosiphon 

 androsaceus, 12*; Lobelia gracilis, 6; 

 Lupinus nanus, 12; Lupinus subcar- 

 nosus, 12* ; Nemophila insignis, 9* 

 (soon over) ; Schizanthus pmnatus, 

 15 ; Veronica syriaca, 4*. 



Pueple. — Schizanthus grandiflorus 

 ocelatus, IS*; purple candytuft. 12*; 

 Lupinus puhescens, 24 ; Lupinus ni- 

 grescens, 18*. 



