REMARKS. 187 
and is easily trained to any size or form desired. The foliage is neat 
at all seasons. It is pretty when in bloom, and extremely handsome 
when almost covered with its rich red berries, throughout winter and 
spring. Last spring we saw an old wall, eight feet high, covered on 
both sides with the Cotoneaster, and the berries in their richest hue; 
it was most strikingly handsome. ‘The shrubs had only been planted 
on one side of the wall (west), but the branches had extended over the 
top, and, becoming pendant, had reached the ground, and the leads had 
taken root in the border. For a purpose of this kind it is admirably 
adapted, and, growing rapidly, it soon realizes expectation. It is a 
valuable plant for trailing over a bank, soon covering a large space ; 
and near to walks, in shrubberies, woods, &c., has a very interesting 
appearance; being evergreen, too, renders it increasingly valuable. 
Its cheapness, too, is an additional recommendation. 
Firry Best Annuats.—In the last number a correspondent re- 
quests the names of fifty of the gayest and best annuals, I forward the 
following as suited to the purpose named :— 
Alonsoa incisifolia. Jacobe, double purple. 
Anagallis ecervlea. Lobelia gracilis. 
Aster, German. romosa. 
Turkey. Larkspur, dwarf. 
Bartonia aurea. | branching. 
Brachycome Iberidifolia. | Leptosiphon androsacea. 
Cacalia coccinea. densiflora. 
Calendula pluvialis. | Lupinus lutea, 
Campanula Loreii. nanus. 
pentagonia. Crookshankii. 
Candytuft, purple. Malcomia maritima. 
scarlet. Marygold, French double. 
white. Nolana atriplicifolia. 
Clarkia pulchella, Nemophila discoidalis. 
pulchella alba. insignis. 
elegans. atomaria. 
Collinsia bicolor. Schizanthus pinnatus. 
Couvolvulus minor. Viscaria oculata. 
major. Venus’s looking glass. 
Calliopsis Drummondii. Tetunia nyctaginiflora. 
tinctoria. Salpiglossis, mixed. 
Clintonia pulchella. Sultan, yellow. 
elegans. sweet purple and white. 
Didiscus coerulea, Stock, ten week. 
Erysimum Peroftskianum. Zinnia elegans. 
Elichrisum bracteatum. coccinea. 
Heliophila trifida. 
H., Coles, Seedsman, Cranbourne-street, 
Leicester-square, London, 
Torenra Astatica.—In full bloom forms one of our prettiest stove 
plants when trained to a globular trellis. I have grown several plants 
in this way to admirable perfection. The compost I use is sharp sandy 
peat, with a little mellow loam, aud a portion of leaf mould. Having 
