OBSERVATIONS OS ANNl'ALS. l l,; 



the Gilia tricolor, well figured in vol. 2., November; this is a 

 hardy annual, and by sowing it two or three times during the 

 year, it becomes almost a perennial bloomer, for it seeds freely, 

 and they spring up where the plant was previously grown, sus- 

 taining the cold of a moderate winter, and flowering early in 

 the spring; it requires to be kept in a compact clump to look 

 well 5 the seeds should be sown very thin, as the plants flourish 

 better than when transplanted singly ; height about a foot and a 

 half 



Leptosiphon androsace, figured vol 2. December : a dwarf 

 annual, well adapted for being sown in a small bed by itself; the 

 plant is at first very slender and delicate, but when it becomes 

 established it sets out many side branches, and at the end of each, 

 bears a head of flowers variously tinted in shades of lilac, it 

 therefore does not require to be sown thickly, and is, perhaps, 

 better for being transplanted ; height not quite one foot. 



Nemophila insignia, figured in vol. 2., December ; a very ele- 

 gant plant with bright blue flowers, and light delicate foliage. 

 Though its name might lead us to imagine it to be "a lover of the 

 shade," it delights in a dry sunny situation ; it grows about a foot 

 and a half high, its stems are brittle, and unless well secured to 

 sticks ; it is soon injured by the wind, but forms a pretty clump 

 if merely suffered to run upon the surface of the soil. Perhaps 

 it is most valuable as an ornament for the greenhouse in spring : 

 two or three plants in each pot tied usually to a slender stick, 

 look extremely well there, expanding its beautiful blossoms with- 

 out danger from wind or rain, and continuing in bloom for some 

 time 



Ipomopsis elegans, figured in vol. 2., February, under the 

 name Gilia aggregata, is not yet become a common plant. It is 

 a biennial, sometimes flowering the first year, sometimes re- 

 quiring a winter's protection before it throws up its flowering 

 stem, which will rise to more than four feet in height, and is, 

 when in bloom, extremely beautiful. When young the Ipomopsis 

 is subject to the attacks of the red spider, and then becomes a 

 dangerous inmate of the greenhouse. Though " Gilia aggregata,' 1 

 is given as synonym of Ipomopsis elegans, it does not seem to 

 be the same plant, with many seedsmen ; seeds sown under 

 the former names both last season and this, having produced verj 

 different plants from what was wished. 



Calcndrinia speciosa, a very pretty plant for growing in a mass 



