ALONSOA 7 



Alonso'a — continued. 



A. gra'cilis. Height 1 ft. Scarlet. Variety of 

 A. lini/olia. 



A. incisi/o'lia. Height 2 ft. With deeply toothed 

 scarlet and black flowers which bloom in 

 June. Native of Chili, 1795. Syn., Celsia 

 urticcefolia. 



A. linea'ris {Mask Flower). About 2 ft. A dwarf 

 shrubby plant, having obliquely wheel -shaped 

 scarlet flowers and a black spot at the base, 

 the form suggesting its name. It flowers in 

 June, and is a native of Peru, from whence it 

 came in 1790. Syn., Celsia linearis. 



A. linifo'lia. Height \\ ft. Flowers, bright scarlet ; 

 foliage, long, slender, and very graceful. From 

 Australia. 



A. miniaJta. Only 16 ins. high. A compact 

 pyramidal plant with bright scarlet flowers. 



A. muti'sii. A bush plant 18 ins. high, producing 

 a profusion of chamois-rose flowers. 



A. myrtifo'lia. Similar to A. insicifolia^ with 

 larger flowers and more intense scarlet than 

 the other kinds. 



A. Warscewi'czii. Height 1|- ft. A bright little 

 annual with racemes of small but dazzling 

 orange-red flowers, which appear in July and 

 last till October. It should be grouped 6 ins. 

 apart, and is excellent for cutting from for 

 indoor decoration. Not nearly as well known 



