88 CROP PRODUCTION 



Mexico. Double varieties were developed in France 

 about i860. Since then many new sorts have been 

 introduced. The flowers are remarkable for their range 

 of colors, though these are largely hard and metallic 

 rather than soft and pleasing. The flowers also are 

 rather stiff and often do not appeal to cultivated tastes. 

 Seed is sown in spring out of doors, the young seedhngs 

 being transplanted later to the border garden where 

 they are to flower. 



