HUNNEMANNIA, Nat. Ord. Papaveracea. 



Hunnematmia fumarisefolia is a beautiful herbaceous perennial, from Mexico, but one, we 

 regret, not hardy in Northern latitudes. Fortunately, however, the plant makes a rapid growth, 



arrives at maturity and flowers the first 

 season. We, at the North, therefore, can 

 treat the Hunnemannia as an annual, and 

 by sowing the seed every spring enjoy its 

 beauty as well as those who are blessed 

 with a more favorable climate. The 

 plant makes a growth of about two feet ; 

 the flowers are bright yellow and tulip- 

 formed. We are always pleased with this flower, and can, therefore, recommend its culture. 



KAULFUSSIA, Nat. Ord. Composite. 



AULFUSSIAS are pretty, little, free flowering, hardy annuals, having the 

 appearance of single Asters, but the ray florets curl back in a very 

 curious way, after the flower has been expanded 

 a short time. The plants make a low growth, 

 only being about six inches in height, and 

 would be excellent for bedding, only that they 

 make their growth early in the season, and 

 bloom and ripen their seed long before we are 

 prepared to dispense with any bedding plant 

 that has been enlisted in the work of ornament- 

 ing our lawns or gardens. There are many, 

 however, who, despite this fault, are very much attached to the pretty little Kaulfussia. The col- 

 ors of all the varieties are good, and of some very intense. 



LEPTOSIPHON, Nat. Ord. Polemoniacea. 



EPTOSIPHONS are low, pretty, hardy, California annuals, growing less 

 than six inches in height, and bearing clusters of delicate little flow- 

 ers. Like many other Cali- 

 fornia anuuals, they do not 

 seem to bear our hot dry sum- 

 mers very well, but do not 

 suffer by either wet or cold. 

 They are so perfectly hardy 

 that we have always suc- 

 ceeded by sowing seed late in 

 the autumn or at the earliest 

 possible moment in the spring, as we have advised for Clarkia. This course produces early 

 spring flowers in abundance. A border on the north side of a fence or building suits them exactly. 



LINUM, (Flax,) Nat. Ord. Linacece. 



Linum grandiflorum rubrum is a very fine half-hardy annual, with beautiful, bright crimson 

 flowers that continue all through the summer. The habit of the plant 

 is neat and slender, like all the Flax family, and it grows to eighteen 

 inches or more in height. When planted a 

 foot apart, this Flax makes a very good bed. 

 We have endeavored to show, in the engrav- 

 ing, the habit of the plant, and also the ap- 

 pearance of the flower, which is of a brilliant 

 scarlet color, and about the size shown in the 

 engraving. Seeds germinate best in the hot- 

 bed, but will do pretty well if sown in the 



garden in a light soil. Perennial varieties will be found described in the proper department. 



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