Wallflower Wigandia Zinnia 



gold, exhaling a perfume that few flowers can equal in its peculiar 

 freshness. Sow the seed in May or June, in a sunny place, on 

 rather poor, but sweet and well-prepared soil favourable to free root- 

 ing. When the plants are two inches high, transplant into rows six 

 inches asunder, allowing three inches apart in the row. In about 

 three weeks transplant again, six or nine inches apart every way, 

 aiding with water when needful to help them to new growth. Or 

 lift every other row and every other plant, leaving the remainder 

 untouched to supply flowers for cutting. When the beds are cleared 

 of their summer occupants, they may be filled with the best plants of 

 Wallflower, to afford cheerful green leafage all through the winter and 

 a grand show of bloom in the spring, as frost will not hurt the single 

 varieties; but the doubles will not always endure the rigours of a 

 severe winter. 



Early-flowering Varieties. By selection and cross-fertilisa- 

 tion a new race of Wallflowers has been obtained, and it is now 

 possible to enjoy almost throughout the year a fragrance which has 

 hitherto been associated exclusively with spring. The variety known as 

 Earliest of All flowers four months after sowing, giving a succession 

 of bloom which lasts until checked by frost, or by exhaustion if 

 allowed to seed. When this is prevented by removal of the seed 

 stems, the plants burst again into bloom with renewed vigour after 

 any temporary enforced rest. Phoenix is not quite so precocious as 

 the variety just referred to, but it is still very much earlier than 

 biennial kinds, and it offers the additional advantage of rich blood- 

 red blossoms at a time when highly-coloured flowers are particularly 

 acceptable. 



WIGANDIA 



Half-hardy perennial 



THIS plant is grown for its foliage, and is extensively used in sub- 

 tropical gardening. The instructions given for raising Ricinus in 

 heat apply equally to this subject ; but it is not wise to rely on an 

 open-air sowing for a supply of Wigandias. 



ZINNIA 



Zinnia elegans. Half-hardy annual 



A MARKED change has been made in the value of this flower since 

 the introduction of the double varieties. These are so varied in colour 



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