

ANNUALS, AMI TIIKIU ( TI/nVATloX. 



for ils beauty ami easy culture. It grows well 



on almost any rich soil, if not too moist ; and 



as it will not boar transplanting well, it should 



be sown wl>ore it is to remain. Sow from tho 



1st to the ir)th of May. Superior flowers will 



be obtained by soaking the ground occasionally 



with liquid manure, readily obtained by placing 



the cleanings of the fowbhouse in a barrel with 



water, and keeping on hand a constant supply. 



"When the plants are going into flower, the 



heads should be examined ; and if too numer- 

 ous, they should be removed. By this treat- 

 ment, and occasionally loosening tho gi-ound 



around the plants, and keeping it free from 



weeds, flowers have been grown three inches 



across, most beautifully colored, being of a very 



dark purple on tho outside, and softening to 



nearly white in the center. The great points 



are thinning the flowers gradually, as they in- 

 crease in size, and supplying their roots with 



abundance of rich food when they are going into 



flower. By this mode of treatment much finer 



flowers may be grown than those usually seen 



in our gardens. The Lilac Candy-Tuft is a fine variety, of a beautiful lilac color. 



The Rocket Candy-Tuft (/. corona- 

 rid) is a splendid species, growing 

 two feet high, branching wide!}-, each 

 plant producing three to five racemes 

 of flowers from six to ten inches long, 

 and the center one even longer than 

 this, if properly cultivated. Cultiva- 

 tion the same as the Purple. 



Salpiglossis. — The Salpiglossis is 

 a native of Chili, and was introduced 

 into Europe in 1824. It bears a 

 strong resemblance to the Petunia. 

 The genus contains many kinds, dif- 

 fering only in color, and are all fun- 

 nel-shaj^ed, like the Petunia, but not 

 60 broad. In our bed, last year, we 

 numbered about a hundred diflerent 

 varieties, many of them distinct and 

 beautiful. They were sown about 



PURPLE CANDT-TUFT. 



