March.'] LIST OF CHOICE ANNUALS, &c. 27 



LIST OF CHOICE FLOWERING ANNUALS 

 ADAPTED FOR SOWING ON A HOT-BED. 



Argeratum Mexicanum, blue flowered Argeratum. 

 Asclepias curassavica, swallow wort, orange and red flow- 



ered. 

 Aster Chinensis, China Aster, or Queen Margarets, in great 



variety. The late imported German Asters are of 



extraordinary beauty. 

 Anagallis Phillipsii, blue Pimpernel. 

 Balsamina hortensis, Balsam, commonly called Ladies 



Slipper. 



Browallia alata, upright blue and white Browallia. 

 Cacalia coccinea, scarlet Cacalia, or Venus' Paint Brush. 



- sonchifolia, orange Cacalia. 

 Calandrinia discolor, rosy purple, very pretty. 

 Celosia cristata, Coxcomb, two varieties, red and yellow. 

 Centaurea Americana, American Sultan. 



- suaveolens, yellow sweet Sultan. 

 Clarkia elegans, elegant rose-coloured Clarkia. 



- pulchella, showy purple Clarkia. 



- alba, white flowered Clarkia. 

 Cleome grandiflora, large lilac flowering spider plant. 

 Cjintoriia elegans, elegant blue Clintonia. 

 Collinsia bicofor, two-coloured Collinsia. 



-- heterophylla, lilac and white. 

 Commelina ccelestis, blue flowering Commelina. 

 Dianthus Chinensis, China pink, many fine double varie- 



ties. 



Gomphrena globosa, red and white globe Amaranthus. 

 Hibiscus manihot, large yellow Hibiscus. 



Africanus major, buff" with black centre. 



er for arbours. 



