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15. FOUR-O'CLOCK, Common, Sweet-scented, Mirabilis ja- 

 lapa, longiflora. The former well known, two feet high ; the 

 latter spreading, and reaching sometimes a foot high : a long- 

 tubed, pale pink fragrant flower. Tuberous-rooted, and may 

 be wintered as dahlias. 



16. HAWKWEED, Golden, Crepis barbata. A beautiful 

 morning flower, but closing in the strong sunlight; six or 

 eight inches high ; trails. 



17. HIBISCUS, African (a large flower of an hour), Hibiscus 

 Africanus. A pretty morning flower, fading by noon, about a 

 foot high. Self-sowing in the spring. 



18. ICE PLANT, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Cu- 

 rious and pretty. Sow early in hot bed. Trailing. 



19. LADIES' SLIPPER, or Balsam, Balsamina hortensis. 

 From a foot to two feet high. The double or camellia-flowered 

 varieties are showy and fine, but readily deteriorate if inferior 

 flowers are allowed to open their blossoms near them. 



20. MALOPE, Crimson, Malope grandiflora. Showy, grow- 

 ing from a foot to two feet high. 



21. MIGNONNETTE, Beseda odorata. A simple fragrant 

 flower, six inches to a foot high, and trailing, deserving the 

 name which French taste has given it. 



22. MONKEY FLOWER, Mimulus. Peculiar showy tubu- 

 lar flowers, from light yellow to deep orange, with spots and 

 blotches of crimson ; blooms the first season, and is sometimes 

 self-sowing ; easily propagated by slip cuttings ; requires shade 

 and plenty of water in summer. 



23. MORNING GLORY, Dwarf blue, Convolvulus minor. A 

 beautiful morning flower, a foot high, but trailing. 



24. NEMOPHILA, Blue, or Love Grove, Nemophila insignis. 

 Beautiful ; requires shade and moisture ; about six inches high. 



25. PINK, French, or Ragged Sailor, Cyanus minor. Of fine 

 varied colors, eighteen inches high. Self-sowing in the fall. 



26. POPPY, Fringed, &c., Papaver fimbriatum, &c. Many 

 varieties, very showy, from a foot to two feet high, and of all 

 colors. Self-sowing in the fall or spring. 



The Papaver Orientalis is a hardy perennial Poppy, very 

 large and coarse, but showy. 



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