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pretty, though differing from bicolor. It grows six inches 

 high, spreading on the ground instead of growing erect ; 

 flowers rose-purple and bright-lilac, in June. There are 

 several other pretty kinds, but differing only in their colors ; 

 and every year will add to the number of varieties, which 

 will, in time, perhaps become, like larkspurs, most interest- 

 ing in mixtures. 



C. bartscefolia (bartsia-leaved) ; hardy annual ; 1 8 inches ; 

 flowers white and red, in June; California; 1850. C. bicolor 

 (two-colored) ; hardy annual ; I foot ; flowers lilac and white, in 

 June; California; 1833. C. grandiflora (large-flowered) ; hardy 

 annual ; 9 inches ; flowers blue and purple, in June ; North-west 

 America; 1826. C. heterophylla (various-leaved); hardy an- 

 nual ; 2 feet ; flowers lilac, in July ; Colombia ; 1838. C. multi- 

 color (many-colored); hardy annual; 18 inches; flowers white 

 and red-spotted, in June ; California ; 1850. C. tinctoria (dyer's) ; 

 hardy annual ; 18 inches ; flowers pinkish-lilac, in June ; Califor- 

 nia ; 1848. C. -verna (spring); hardy annual; i foot; flowers 

 purple and blue, in June ; North America ; 1826. 



COLLINSOXIA. [Labiatae.] Hardy herbaceous perennials, 

 increased by division, and growing in moist garden soil. 



C. Canadensis (Canadian) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers 

 lilac-yellow, in September ; North America ; 1 734. C. cordata 

 (heart-leaved) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers lilac-yellow, in 

 September; North America ; 1735. 



COLLOMIA. [Polemoniaceae.] Hardy free-growing an- 

 nuals, allied to Gilia, growing in common garden soil. The 

 seeds should be sown in the open borders in May, and the 

 plants not allowed to become crowded. 



C. coccinea (scarlet) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers scarlet, 

 in June; Chili; 1832. C. gracilis (slender); hardy annual; 

 6 inches ; flowers pink, in June ; North America ; 1827. C. 

 grandiflora (large-flowered; hardy annual; 18 inches; flowers 

 pinkish-buff, in July ; North America; 1826. C. linearis (nar- 



