72 COLLINSIA 



Collin'sia — continued. 



C. bartsicefo'lia. Height 9 ins. Purple. June. 

 California. There is also a white variety. 



C. hi'color. Height 1 ft. These flowers are pro- 

 duced in whorls or rings round the stem, the 

 lower petals lilac and upper white. Very 

 showy and the best known. California, 1833. 



C. candidis' sima. Height 9 ins. Pure white ; 

 excellent for edging. 



C. grandijlo'ra. Height 1 ft. A modest plant, 

 having blue and pink flowers in whorls or 

 rings round the stem. Columbia, 1826. A 

 variety carminata is carmine. 



C. tinctor'ia. Height 1 ft. Pale pink. California, 



1848. 



C. tincto'ria purpu'rea. Height 9 ins. A recent 

 variety having deep violet flowers of a branch- 

 ing habit. 



C. ve'}^na. Height 1 ft. Purple and blue. N. 

 America, 1826. 



C. viola'cea. Height 1 ft. Violet and white. 



Sow seeds J in. deep out of doors in September, 

 March, or April, where they are to grow, thinning 

 out to 3 ins. apart as soon as they are well up. 

 C. verna, however, must be sown in September 

 to flower the next year, and the others bloom 

 earlier if autumn sown. 



