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nal species mostl}' with white or rosy flowers ; mactdata, insignis, 

 and atomaria are the best of them. 



Vinca rosea and the varieties alba and alba-oculata are very 

 showy plants with bright green foliage and numerous large flowers. 



The genus Gilia numbers a great many species and varieties, 

 the best of which are G. capitata, G. midticauUs, G. congesta, 

 G. achilloefoUa, and G. coronopifolia, all of different purplish 

 hues. 



Helenium tenuifoUum is a quite showy plant, two feet in height 

 and bearing numerous yellow flowers. 



Verbena Aubletia and V. hastata have a profusion of purple 

 blossoms all through the summer. 



A very showy and pretty plant is XantJiisma Texanum, which 

 grows from two to three feet high and bears numerous large 

 flowers of the purest yellow color. 



Stevia Plumerce is very floriferous. 



The genus Collinsia consists of several pretty spring flowering 

 species, such as bicolor, bartsicefolia, verna, and gra^idijiora, all 

 with white and purple flowers. 



The Martynia is well known for its showj^ flowers and curious 

 seeds. 



In Ipomea purpurea we have a climbing plant of great beauty. 



Everybody is familiar with the statel}'^ Helianthus annuus. 



The genus Phacelia is quite extensive and embraces many 

 showy plants, of which P. Whitlavia, with purple flowers, is the 

 best that I know. 



Amongst the several species of CEnothera, or Evening Primrose, 

 especially notable are Drumvwndi, bistorta, and trUoba ; all with 

 large showy, yellow flowers. 



The genus Godetia deserves to be more extensively grown than 

 it is at present. All its species have large and showy flowers, of 

 colors varying from pure white to the darkest purple ; amoena^ 

 grandiflora, Pomanzovii, viminea, and lepida are the best. 



Rudbeckia hirta, which we find in our fields, is quite ornamental 

 in cultivation. 



Gaura Lindheimeri, with its white flowers, is perhaps more cul- 

 tivated than many others. 



Very neat in habit are Clarkia pulchella and C. elegans ; with 

 large purple, sometimes white, flowers. 



But the most beautiful and a rather rare plant is Lepachys 



