March.'] LIST OF CHOICE ANNUALS, ETC. 31 



Collinsia bicolor, two-coloured Collinsia. 



heterophylla, lilac and white. 



Commelina coelestis, blue-flowering Commelina. 



Dianthus Chinensis, China pink, many fine double varieties. 



Goinphrena globosa, red and white globe Amaranthus. 



Hoveyii, orange-coloured. 



Hibiscus manibot, large yellow Hibiscus. 



- Africanus major, buff with black centre. 



Helichrvsum bracteatum, ) Ar ,, , ,. 



V J , 7 j Y Yellow everlasting. 



Xeranthemum luciaum, j 



, , ( Rose-coloured flowers like the 



Lophospermumerubescens,) Di itali a fine climber for 



scanaens, j if 



' ( arbours. 



. ' ..: ( Orange red, an interesting climbing plant, 

 Loasa latentia, | blooming throughout the season. 



Malope alba, white-flowering Malope. 



grandiflora, large red-flowering Malope. 



Mathiola annua, all the varieties of ten week stocks should 



be industriously cultivated, and seed sown also in 



April and May for autumn blooming. 

 Maurandia Barclayana, blue-flowering, ~\ Climbing plants for 



semperflorens, pink-flowering, V pillars, trellises or 



. alba, white, ) arbours 



Mesembryanthemum. 



crystallinum, Ice plant. 



Mimosa pudica, Sensitive plant. 



Mimulus, Monkey flower of sorts. They grow best in moist 



half -shady places, are very pretty, generally bright 



colours of yellow spotted with crimson or rose. 

 Petunias of variety, a beautiful genus of plants, of every 



variety of colour, from deep purple to pure white, 



blooming from June till frost; the seeds are small, and 



require to be very lightly covered. 

 Phlox Drummondii, and its varieties of crimson, rose, lilac, 



and white. 

 Portulaca splendens, splendid purple-flowered Purslane 



Thorburnii, yellow. 



alba, white. 



elegans, crimson. 



Thellussonii, red-flowered. 



Salpiglossis picta, atropurpurea, &c, delight in a cool situ* 



tion. 



