268 Floricultm^al and Botanical Notices. 



Selection of Annuals adapted for Bedding, &c. — In 

 oiir last number we gave a list of annuals best adapted to the 

 purposes of bedding : the following is a continuation of the 

 same, and will be found a valuable aid to those who are un- 

 acquainted with the habit, height, color, &c., of the numerous 

 kinds described : — 



[Continued from page S20.) 

 Sanvitalia procumbens. — A neat compact growing plant, rising from 4 to 

 G inches high, with small, oval, dark- green leaves, and numerous orange- 

 rayed Rudbeckia-like flowers (three-fourths of an inch wide,) richly diversi- 

 fied with a black centre. 



Eucharidium conminum. — An erect Qilnothera-like plant, 9 to 12 inches 

 high, of neat habit, with small, dark-green leaves, and laden with deeply- 

 lobed, bright rosy colored Clarkia-like flowers. 



Cynoglossum linifolium. — A remarkably compact plant, of erect dense 

 growth, with grey or glaucous-white leaves, and studded towards the upper 

 part with a profusion of snow-white circular, ribbed, salver-shaped blos- 

 soms. 



Iberis iimbellata rubra (crimson Candytuft.) — An erect growing variety, 12 

 inches high, with narrow lance-shaped leaves, and numerous terminal flat- 

 tish umbels of rich, reddish purple and crimson flowers. 



Ibeiis coronaria and I. umbellata alba (white Candytuft.) — Rising 12 

 inches high, equally neat and compact in habit, with similar foliage, and 

 profuse terminal branching stems, forming a dense mass of snow-white 

 flower heads. 



Lupinus nanus. — An extremely pretty species, with small hand-shaped 

 leaves, and numerous long terminal erect spikes of elegant blue and white 

 pea-shaped flowers. 



Silena rubella. — A neat plant, 12 inches high, Avith broadly ovate glossy 

 leaves, and numerous terminal clusters of loose purplish rose- colored blos- 

 soms. 



Eutoca Jfrangeliana. — A low-growing species with decumbent stems, 

 rising en masse, 6 to 9 inches high, and crowned with a profusion of blueish 

 salver- shaped flowers in clusters. 



Hibiscus Jlfricanus. — An upright, branching plant, growing from 9 to 18 

 inches high, with deeply-lobed or divided leaves, and remarkably large, 

 close-petal] ed, bright, sulphur-colored Hollyhock-like flowers (4 to 6 inches 

 wide,) beautifully ornamented with a rich and conspicuous dark velvet band 

 towards the centre. 



Yelloiv Hawkweed. — A somewhat loose growing and slender branched 

 plant, 12 to IG inches high, ornamented with a profusion of very neat pale 

 yellow, or brimstone-colored Marigold-like blossoms, about 1^ inch wide, 

 which are singularly diversified with a double interior row of smaller orange- 

 yellow petals, the whole being relieved by the contrasted effect of a large 

 and remarkably beautiful rich dark-brown centre. 



