190 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



Nicotiana Aflfinis. 



magenta hue. The double varieties I do not consider 

 aesthetically a success. The plants bloom through 

 summer and early autumn. 

 Two near relatives of the 

 petunia are Nicotiana of- 

 finis, a sweet-scented, white- 

 flowered tobacco, wdiose blos- 

 soms open toward evening, 

 and JV. Taljacum^ with fun- 

 nel formed, pink-edged flow- 

 ers which have no perfume ; 

 the latter variety is hardly 

 beautiful enough to deserve 

 a place in the garden, and I have banished it from 

 mine. The tobacco blooms in late summer and early 

 autumn. 



Larkspur. The larkspur of our gardens comes 



DeipUnium. variously from Europe, Siberia, and 

 China. It has a lovely spear of deep blue or purple 

 flowers which gracefully waves to and fro in every 

 passing zephyr. It flowers in summer. D. fonno- 

 sum codestinum is a charming large-flowered variety 

 with a soft, light, ultramarine-blue color. D. elatum 

 (Bee Larkspur) is cultivated from Europe, and is 

 quite tall, bearing flowers in a great variety of colors, 

 both single and double. These varieties are peren- 

 nial. D. C(m.solida is a European annual variety 



