102 OBSERVATIONS OH ANNUALS. 



or covering the surface of a small bed ; the leaves are succulent, 

 and of a pretty green, and delights in a dry sunny situation. It 

 is a more desirable species than Calendrinia grandifiora, figu- 

 red vol. 2. February, which proves a straggling plant, flowering 

 sparingly in proportion to its foliage, and its blossoms rarely 

 opening more than one at a time on each stem. 



Nolana antiplicifolia, figured vol 4., October, may be ranked 

 as a companion to the Calendrinia speciosa ; it grows rapidly and 

 luxuriantly in strong soil, sending out its stems in all directions, 

 and soon covering a considerable space. The leaves are succu- 

 lent, the flowers light blue, rather resembling the Convolvulus 

 minor, and like that flower, they close early. The seeds are pro- 

 duced abundantly, so that though they are only introduced into 

 general cultivation about two seasons back, it may soon become 

 a common plant. 



Colinsia bicolor, figured vol 3, April. This is a very pretty 

 hardy annual, growing about a foot and an half high, and flower- 

 ing both abundantly and for a considerable length of time; two 

 or three plants of it in a pot, are useful for introducing amongst 

 others, in a basket of moss, or ornamental vase upon a lawn: it 

 produces a great quantity of seed, and self sown plants survived 

 the winter of 1836 at Finchinbroke, Huntingdonshire, and flow- 

 ered most luxuriantly early in the summer of 1 837. As it throws 

 out social flower stems, it should be sown very thinly. When 

 grown in a greenhouse, the stems shoot up at first very rapidly 

 and weakly, and require careful tying. 



Eutoca viscida, figured vol 4., February. This is a dwarf an- 

 nual, the foliage rather coarse in appearance, but the flowers 

 which are produced in a cluster at the end of the stem are of 

 a brilliant light blue, and when examined beneath a microscope, 

 their structure is very beautiful. It should be sown in a tolerably 

 large patch to look well, and rather thickly ; height scarcely one 



foot. 



Escholtzia crocea, figured vol. 2., July. A very showy plant, 

 which though when first introduced was considered an annual 

 will flourish two or three succesive seasons, and as it sheds a 

 great quantity of seed, it spreads over a border. The roots be- 

 ing like those of a carrot, and growing deep, does not bear trans- 

 planting very well, but the seeds should be sown sparingly where 

 they are intended to remain. The colour is rather too glaring to 



