APPENDIX. 363 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



Antirrhinums, or Snap Dragons, as they are commonly called, 

 are among the most showy of bedding-out plants. This flower 

 sports into innume'rable varieties, the colors of which, in some of 

 them, are very brilliant. 



Their cultivation is very simple, from seed ; they will flower the 

 same year, if sown early. They thrive best in rich, sandy loam ; 

 or, though in heavy, moist soil, they will grow with greater 

 vigor, they will not flower so profusely as when planted in light, 

 or drier soils. Nor will the plants, which are biennial, stand 

 the winter so well. 



To perpetuate superior varieties, the plants must be taken up 

 in autumn, and potted, and then placed in a conservatory, or 

 green-house, where they will blossom ; propagate from cuttings, 

 in January, which will give good, strong plants for spring, and, 

 when planted out, will give a mass of splendid -flowers the whole 

 of August and September. 



Cuphea platycentra has already been alluded to as a handsome 

 bedding plant. 



CALCEOLARIA. 



Calceolaria, variety Nobey, rich yellow, and Sultan, rich crim- 

 son, are splendid flowering plants, and continue in bloom all the 

 season in the open ground. They also succeed finely in pots. 



They are raised from cuttings, and furnished in small pots, and 

 may be turned into beds or the border about the 1st of June. 



FUCHSIAS. 



Fuchsias succeed admirably when planted in the flower-garden. 

 The following directions will give the young cultivator some 

 hints relative to their propagation and culture : 



" Fuchsias are readily propagated by cuttings, in sand, with 

 a mixture of peat ; to grow the plants for a bloom all summer, 

 they should be started in February, in the green-house, first in 



