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answers well to cover a wall or small 

 arbor, but is too rambling for a flower 

 garden. 



Lupinus nanus — Dwarf lupin. — The 

 pretty foliage, as well as the abundance of 

 its blue flowers, entitle this to a place even 

 in a small collection. 



Silene armeria — Catch-fly. — An upright 

 grower, about one foot high, crowned with 

 an abundance of bright pink flowers. 



SCABIOSA ATUO - PURPUREA Mourning 



widow. — A branching plant about two feet 

 high, flowers of a rich purple. [There is 

 a pretty variety — pure white. — Ed.] 



Coreopsis tinctoria — Golden coreopsis. 

 — This grows about two feet high, bearing 

 an abundance of fine yellow starlike flowers 

 with purple centres. 



Schizanthus pinnatus — Cut leaved Schi- 

 zanthus. — A delicate spreading plant with 

 curious but not very showy flowers, bloom- 

 ing a long time. 



GoMPHRENA, GLOBOSA and ALBA Globe 



amaranths. — Rather stiff, upright plants, 

 but as their flowers when picked will re- 

 retain ther freshness any length of time, 

 they are worthy of cultivation. 



Dianthus chinensis — Double Chirm pink. 

 — An upright grower, and forms a pretty 

 border, as it keeps green to the ground and 

 does not ramble about. 



Delphinium ajacis and roseum. — The 

 first is delicate and not always thriving, yet 

 sometimes rivaling in beauty with its single 

 spikes of double flowers the hyacinth. [If 

 the seeds are planted in August, the finest 

 beds may invariably be had.] The other is 

 a more rank grower. 



Viola tricolor — Hearts-ease or paimj. — 

 This already has a place wherever there 

 are flowers, and may it ever continue to 

 hold it. Some of the new varieties may 

 properly stand by the side of the old ones, 



but they will never supplant in our affec- 

 tions the " Jonny-jump-ups " of childhood. 

 Even now, Feb. 11th, they are peeping out 

 and showing their smiling faces from under 

 the snow drift. 



Portulacca, purple and scarlet. — This 

 which I name last, and whose seed is least, 

 deserves a good place in every flower gar- 

 den. Like its relative, the weed purslane 

 or puzly, it requires the bright sun for its 

 perfection, thriving best when planted on 

 a dry exposed bank. The richness and 

 abundance of its large flowers, produced by 

 a plant so small as to hardly be noticed 

 when they are shut, will make this a gene- 

 ral favorite. Its seeds look like little parti- 

 cles of steel, and are so small that they 

 must be covered very shallow or they will 

 not vegetate. — [Two new varieties, one 

 pure white, the other yellow, may now be 

 had at the principal seed stores.] 



These annuals, with few exceptions, 

 come into flower early, (last of June) and 

 continue in bloom until the hard frost of 

 autumn or winter. In cultivating these 

 varieties, let each kind have plenty room 

 by itself; they will not only thrive much 

 better, but the peculiarity of each plant 

 will appear, and greater variety will be the 

 result, than when mingled. 



There are, undoubtedly many other varie- 

 ties which are equal in beauty and hardi- 

 ness to these, and I should highly esteem 

 an addition to this list from some one in 

 our northern latitudes.- 



If you desire it, I would furnish a list 

 of fine, hardy perennials, and also of those 

 annuals, which, for various reasons, I have 

 found unworthy of cultivation. — [A very 

 good selection for the million, and we shall 

 be glad to hear from you again. En.] 



T. S. Gold. 



Cream Hill, Conn- 



