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The (Enotliera and Godetia are large showy flowers, 

 some of which grow very tall. The CE acanlis bears 

 very delicate silvery-white flowers ; the (E grandiflom, 

 and many others, are a bright pure yellow. The Godetias 

 are hardy annuals, many of them purple, allied to the 

 cenotheras. Rosea alba is white, with a bright crimson 

 spot on each petal. They may be raised from seed sown 

 in the garden in March and April, or sown in September 

 and protected in the winter. The annual oenotheias 

 may be served in the same way. The perennials may 

 be increased by division of the plants in spring, and the 

 rarer kinds by cuttings of the young shoots under a 

 hand glass, early in summer. Seed of the perennials 

 should be sown on a slight hot-bed in the spring, and 

 planted out in May. 



Saniitalia procumbens is a beautiful hardy annual, 

 growing close to the ground : a capital plant for cover- 

 ing a bed, or for borders. The flowers are a rich brown 

 and yellow, and large in proportion to the size of the 

 plant. Sow in March or April, in the open ground. 



In arranging this list of plants for the garden of set 

 form, I have tried to introduce all heights and all varieties 

 of colour, so that whatever may be the situation, form, 

 or size of the bed to be planted, an appropriate sugges- 

 tion may be found. Masses of while may be obtained 

 in several verbenas, campanulas, geraniums, phloxes 

 cenotheras, sweet alyssum, white Clarkia, petunia^ 

 and white Salvia patens. For scarlets, verbenas, 

 geraniums, and salvias are the grand resource. For 

 purples we may get supplied amongst verbenas, petunias, 

 lobelias, lantanas, and phloxes. Fine pinks may be 

 found in geraniums, verbenas, and salvias, besides many 

 plants more particularly described above. For Hues we 

 have lobelias, cinerarias, salvias, and several common 

 flowers. The yellows already named are sufficiently 

 numerous, and in addition, Coreopsis lanceotata and 

 many others might be given. 



