SECT. XIX. LISTS OF TREES, &C. 345 



grows weakly spreading, but there are beautiful va- 

 rieties of it from seed, which should be carefully 

 saved from the most double flowers, having had no 

 single ones growing near them. The smell of those 

 commonly sown is unpleasant; but there is a sweet- 

 scented sort. 



Marvel of Peru is considered as an annual, yet 

 is naturally perennial in root it is our climate makes 

 it annual. If the roots of those growing abroad are 

 taken up in October, and dried a few days, they may 

 be packed in dry sand, and kept in a dry place (from 

 frost) till spring ; when potted and placed on a gen- 

 tle heat, they will shoot, and come forward, 



Palma Christi, the large leaved (often a foot 

 broad) will grow from seven to ten feet high, accord- 

 ing to culture, as early sown, &c. It is valued for 

 its noble stature, and ample foliage, therefore, some 

 gardeners bring it forward as a tender annual, in or- 

 der to produce a giant ; but it is not adviseable. 

 The small leaved grows to about four feet high, and 

 is an agreeable plant in the prettiness of its leaf. 



Nasturtium is impatient of frost ; hence it has 

 been considered in this class of annuals, to have it 

 flower early. Late sown plants, if potted and housed, 

 will blow in winter, and live round to spring. Cut- 

 tings of it will grow. The dwarf sort is preferred 

 by some for flower borders, but is not so floriferous 

 as the large. There is a double tender kind, see 

 page 271. 



Stock, ten week, (beautiful and fragrant) is the 

 most important annual flower we have. Every one 

 admires it, and its absence is always felt. It there- 

 fore merits every attention, to raise fine double flow- 

 ers, to have them early in a continued succession, 

 and as late in the season as possible. 



There should bejbitr sowings of this flower jn the 

 year. Let thejirst be early in the spring, (as Mid- 



