56 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



sowing in pans and wide-mouthed pots. When they are 

 large enough, they should be planted out in peat-beds six 

 inches apart : the second year every alternate plant may be 

 taken out and planted elsewhere, to make room ; and, as 

 they increase in size, they should have more room. They 

 are propagated chiefly by layers ; but cuttings of the last 

 year's wood will root readily in sand. The following are 

 some of the hardy species : 



A. arborescens (tree-like) ; 10 feet ; flowers red, in June ; North 

 America ; 1818. A. bicolor (two-colored) ; 4 feet ; flowers scar- 

 let, in June ; North America ; 1 734. A canescens (hoary) ; 3 

 feet ; flowers red, in June ; North America ; 1812. A. calendu- 

 lacea (marigold-like) ; 4 feet ; flowers orange, in June ; North 

 America; 1806. A. calendulacea chrysolecta (fine-golden); 4 

 feet ; flowers yellow, in June ; North America. A. calendulacea 

 crocea (saffron-colored) ; 4 feet ; flowers saffron, in June ; North 

 America. A. calendulacea cuprea (copper-colored) ; 4 feet ; 

 flowers copper, in June ; North America. A calendulacea 

 flammea (flame-colored) ; 4 feet ; flowers red, in June ; North 

 America; 1812. A. calendulacea grandiflora (large-flowered) ; 

 4 feet ; flowers orange, in June ; North America. A. calendu- 

 lacea ignescens (fire-colored) ; I foot ; flowers red, in June ; 

 North America. A. calendulacea splendens (shining); 4 feet; 

 flowers orange, in June ; North America. A. calendulacea tri- 

 umphans (triumphant) ; 4 feet ; flowers orange, in June ; North 

 America. A. glauca (dwarf-glaucous) ; 2 feet ; flowers white, in 

 June; North America; 1734. ^A. hispida (bristly); 5 feet; 

 flowers white, in June; North America; 1734. A. ledifolium 

 (ledum-leaved) ; 2 feet; flowers white, in April; China; 1824. 

 A. nitida (shining-leaved); 4 feet; flowers white, in April; 

 North America ; 1812. A. nudiflora (naked-flowered) ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers deep pink, in June ; North America ; 1734. A. nudiflora 

 alba (early- white) ; 4 feet ; flowers white, in June ; North Amer- 

 ica. A. nudiflora alba-plena (double-white); 4 feet; flowers 

 white, in June ; North America. A. nudiflora blanda (soft) ; 

 4 feet ; flowers blush, in June ; North America. A. nudiflora 



