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transplanted with safety may be sown in the ground either broadcast 

 or in lines ; and tap-rooted kinds that do not succeed well when trans- 

 planted, must be sown where they are to remain, or in pots, to be 

 turned out with balls. 



The following short list comprises a few of the best of the Cali- 

 fornian annuals. Those marked with an asterisk are not in every case 

 the most beautiful, but they are all worthy of being cultivated in any 

 garden, and are specially marked as being the longest bloomers, some 

 of them blooming for a very long period indeed, if a little care is 

 bestowed in picking off the seed-pods, and on watering in periods of 

 drought : — 



Agrostemma coeli-rosea — 1 to 2 4 feet, rose-coloured. 

 Calandrinia speciosa — G to 9 inches, procumbent, violet-crimson. 



It II alba — same as species, but white-flowered. 



Callichroa platyglossa — 1 foot, bright yellow. 

 Centaurea depressa — 1 foot, deep blue. 



II II rosea — same height as species, centre florets rose, outer 



ones blue. 

 *Clarkia pulchella — 1^ foot, in variety. 



*Calliopsis tinctoria — 2 feet, yellow and dark crimson and brown, in variety. 

 Collinsia bicolor- — 1 foot, lilac and white. 



,, II candidissima — pure white, same height as species. 



11 multicolor — 1 foot, deep lilac and w^hite. 

 II verna — 1 foot, blue and white, the best and earliest. 

 Eucharidium grandiflorum— 1 foot, deep rose-purple. 



*Eschscholtzia compacta — 9 inches, bright yellow, with deep saffron base to 

 petals. 



* II tenuifolia — 1 foot, sulphur. 

 Eutoca viscida — 1 foot, deep blue. 



*Gilia tricolor — 1 foot, pale purple, shaded. 



„ „ alba— same as last, but with white margin to corolla. 

 Godetia lepida — 1 foot, pale lilac and deep purple, shaded. 

 II Lindleyana — 14 foot, rosy purple. 



n roseo-alba — 2 feet, rose in centre, dull white on margin of petals. 

 II rubicunda — 2 feet, lilac purple. 

 Koniga maritima— 9 inches, white. 



Leptosiphon androsaceus — 6 to 9 inches, variously coloured from white to 

 purple. 

 II aureus — 6 to 9 inches, golden yellow. 



-I luteus — 6 to 9 inches, pale yellow. 



Limnanthes Douglassii — 6 to 9 inches, trailing petals, with yellow base and 

 white margin. 

 II II alba — same as species, but pure white. 



*Lupinus nanus — 9 to 12 inches, purplish blue, white, and rose. 

 Malcomia maritima — 6 inches, variouKly shaded with rose purple and white. 

 *Xemophila insignis — 6 to 9 inches, trailing, sky-blue, with white centre. 



* M II alba — 6 to 9 inches, pure white. 



* II maculata — 9 inches, white, with purplish-black spots. 

 Platystemon californicum — 9 inches, trailing, sulphur. 



Oxyura chx-ysanthemoides — 9 inches, bright yellow. 



*Silene vespertina — 1 foot, rose-coloured. 



Specularia pentagonia— 1 foot, violet and white. 



Viscaria oculata — H foot, rosy purple. 



Whitlavia grandiflora— 1 to 1^ foot— deep blue. Wm. Sutherland. 



MiNTO Gardens. 



