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will be necessary to plant the seeds in a hot-bed early in the 

 spring, and when the plants have five or six leaves they 

 should be transplanted into pots, and turned into the ground 

 in June. The seeds are difficult to vegetate. 



CALLIOPSIS. 



Calliopsis tinctoria. Elegant Coreopsis. This is a well- 

 known hardy^nnual, formerly called Coreopsis tinctoria. The 

 flowers are large and rich, having a dark crimson-brown 

 centre with yellow rays. The only difficulty with the plant is 

 that it makes itself too common, sowing itself over gardens, 

 and making its appearance where it is not wanted. In flower 

 June and July. 



Calliopsis tinctoria var. atropurpurea. Dyeing Calli- 

 opsis, dark-flowered variety. This variety of the well known 

 and much admired Coreopsis tinctoria, is very superior to that 

 species. The flowers are about the size of C. tinctoria; the 

 centre is yellow, surrounded by a circle of dark purple, beyond 

 which, to the extremity of the petals, is of a fine red scarlet 

 color; some of the flowers are destitute of the yellow centre. 

 It is a splendid flowering annual, and deserves a place in every 

 flower-garden ; we have grown it in masses, and it produces a 

 fine show. 



CARDIOSPERMUM. 



Cardiospermum halicacabum. Balloon Vine, or Love in a 

 Puff. A half-hardy annual from the West Indies ; a creeper. 

 The seed should be sown between the first and tenth of May, 

 and the plant supported with brush four to six feet high. 



The plant is remarkable for its inflated membranous capsule, 

 from which it is sometimes called Balloon Vine, or Love in a 

 Puff. The flowers are white and green, without any claim to 

 beauty. 



