March.~\ HARDY ANNUALS. 



Tropaeolum atrosanguineum, crimson Nastur-^) 



tium. I Climbing 



Thunbergia alata, buff with black centre. { plants. 

 i alba, white flowered, 

 aurantiaca, fine orange. 



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Verbena candidissima, pure white. 



Mestonii, bright scarlet. 



Algerii, pale rose. 



Blue Q,ueen, blue with pale 



centre. 



Wilsonii, very dark purple. 

 Julia, bright rose. 



A lovely family 

 of pretty and 



fuse flc 



ower- 



pro 



ing plants gen- 

 erally of a pro- 

 cumbent habit. 



Seeds may be obtained from the above, although they 

 cannot be relied upon to produce the same colours. 

 Vinca rosea, Madagascar Periwinkle, ~j Thrive best in a 

 - alba, white flowered Pe- I warm, dry, situa- 

 riwinkle, J tion, with rich soil. 



Zinnia elegans, splendid Zinnia. ~\ TT 



paudflora, yel-j 



Though the above will bloom much earlier by being 

 sown on a hot-bed, yet where that convenience cannot be 

 obtained, they will all succeed treated as hardy annuals. 



After sowing, if the weather be clear, the sun acting on 

 the glass, will produce a too rapid evaporation of the mois- 

 ture of the soil, and may otherwise affect seeds but thinly 

 covered, which must be guarded against by shading 'with 

 mats for a few hours during bright sunshine. In giving 

 water it ought always to be about milk warm, and passed 

 through a fine rose, to prevent the stems being broken or 

 bruised. Weeds must be drawn out as soon as they ap- 

 pear. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



Many annual plants, though of short duration, are pos- 

 sessed of much beauty of hue and elegance of form: they 

 are farther valuable from their adaptation in filling up va- 

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