32 LIST OF CHOICE ANNUALS, ETC [MarcJu 



Schizanthus retusus, orange-coloured 

 Schizanthus, 



pinnatus, calico Schizau- 



Like a rich soil, and 

 a cool and partially 

 shaded situation 



thus, 



And a few other varieties, 



Shortia Californica, yellow Shortia, very profuse flowering. 



Tagetes, Marigold, the new varieties of the French are 

 very pretty they like rich soil and plenty of mois- 

 ture. 



Tropasolum aduncum, Canary bird flower, a beautiful climber. 



atrosanguineum, crimson Nastur- " 



Climbing 

 plants. 



tium, 

 Thunbergia alata, buff with black centre, 



alba, white-flowered, 



aurantiaca, fine orange. 



Verbena, a lovely family of pretty procumbent plants, that 



bloom from June till frost a packet of seeds will 



produce every colour and shade from white to 



crimson. 

 Vinca rosea, Madagascar Periwinkle, ") Thrive best in a warm, 



alba, white-flowered Pe- V dry situation, with 



riwinkle. ) rich soil. 



Zinnia elegans, splendid Zinnia, ^| y gh ]ant and 



' coccinea, scarlet, 1 ^ begfc ^ th arfl 



alba, white, weU lied with waten 



paucmora,yellow, J ri 



Though the above will bloom much earlier by being sown 

 on a hot-bed, yet where that convenience cannot be obtained, 

 they will all succeed treated as hardy annuals. 



After sowing, if the weather be clear, the sun acting on 

 the glass will produce a too rapid evaporation of the mois- 

 ture of the soil, and may otherwise affect seeds but thinly 

 covered, which must be guarded against by shading with 

 mats for a few hours during bright sunshine. In giving 

 water, it ought always to be about milk-warm, and passed 

 through a fine rose, to prevent the stems being broken 01 

 bruised. Weeds must be drawn out as soon as they ap 

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