72 THE FLOKAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Bronze Zoned-leated Geraniums are far to be preferred to 

 " tri-colours " or "gold zonals." The following are fine, and cheap: 

 — Mrs. Lonnfield, Luna, Crystal Palace Gem (almost a self, and one 

 of the very best), Canary Bird. 



Pansies. — The yellow Pansies are very showy, and have the . 

 advantage of being hardy. The best of all is Cliveden Yellow, pro- 

 ducing mvriads of small bright yellow flowers. None other of the 

 Cliveden series are so good as the yellow. Hooper's Sunset is a 

 grand thing, the flowers almost good enough for show. During wet, 

 windy weather, however, the small-flowered sorts suffer the least. 

 To do them well, the ground should be mellow, and moderately 

 enriched with rotten hot-bed manure and leaf-mould. One advantage 

 in the use of pansies is, that we may secure by their aid a good mass 

 of flowers in places partly shaded, where many other bedders would 

 be poor. Yellow Prince is worth a place where a third is required. . 



Lantanas. — A short paragraph will suffice, as beginners are not 

 likely to succeed with them, and the cleverest will be nowhere 

 without the help of a good climate. Por those who can do lantanas, 

 Adolphe Jlwass is the best yellow ; Conqueror, Consolation, and Lina 

 Ettmger are also good. 



Tagetes signata eemila. — A very valuable bedding plant, 

 which the great people have used largely, and to great advantage, 

 but which the small people appear to be still (and stubbornly) in 

 the dark about. It is a miniature marigold, with fern-like leaves, 

 and multitudes of orange-coloured flowers. Get a pinch of good 

 seed, and sow it in a pan, from the first week of March to the first 

 week in April. Put the pan in a close frame, or warm corner of a 

 greenhouse. When the plants are large enough to take hold of, 

 prick them out into other large pans, or singly in thumb-pots, or 

 bed them in a mass of very light rich stuff in a frame, near the glass. 

 Plant out about the middle of May ; soil of no consequence, but 

 sunshine essential. Plant rather thick, say four inches apart. Keep 

 an eye on their mode of growing, for in the best samples of seeds 

 there are two distinct sorts. Pull out and destroy all that shoot up 

 rank above the rest, for if left they will scarcely flower, and will 

 much disfigure the bed. The gaps made by this practice will soon 

 be filled up by the spread of the plants remaining. 



Gazania splendens is a glorious bedder, but peculiar in its 

 appearance, making but a small show when viewed from a distance. 

 It requires a good light soil, and a sunny situation. The cuttings 

 should be struck in autumn. This is all that need be said about it. 



TROPiEOiEMS. — Por hot, dry soils, raised banks, and other roasting 

 positions, where calceolarias would be sure to perish, the Tropseolums 

 will be sure to live and thrive. Of sorts to be grown from cuttings, 

 Compachim luteum, one of George's series, is the very best. If a 

 cheaper sort is required, procure seed of Tom Thumb Yellow, and 

 sow, six inches apart, in the bed where they are to flower. They 

 may be sown in winter without fear of loss, but the end of March 

 is early enough. Sow, also, a few in reserve ground, or any odd 

 sunny corner. When your bed is in flower, there will probably be a 

 few rogues, or plants not quite true to the character required. Pull 



