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



Collinsia bicolor, two-coloured Collinsia. 



-- heterophylla, lilac and white. 



Oomraelina coelestis, blue-flowering Gommelina. 



Dianthus Chinensis, China pink, many fine double varieties. 



Gomphrena globosa, red and white globe Amaranthus. 



--- Hoveyii, orange-coloured. 



Hibiscus manihot, large yellow Hibiscus. 



Africanus major, buff with black centre. 



Heliehmam bracteatum, j ye]low eyerlasti 

 Xeranthemum luciaum, j 



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Rose-coloured flowers like the 

 j^,.^ a fine climber ^ 



arbours. 



i i A - ( Orange red, an interesting climbing plant. 

 Uasa latent.a, | JJ^ tbroughout 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. 



Maurantiia Barclayaua, blue-flowering, ") Climbing plants for 

 -- semperflorens, pink-flowering, >- 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 



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