84 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



they must have plenty of air to keep them short in 

 statm-e and hardy in constitution. 



The following are the most useful sorts of annuals for 

 sowing in autumn : Calandrinia grandiftora, rich purple, 

 twelve inches in height; C. speciosa, purple, twelve inches; 

 Calliopsis bicolor, golden yellow, three feet ; Clarkia elegans, 

 lilac, two feet ; C. pulchella, rose-purple, eighteen inches ; 

 Collinsia bicolor, purple and white, twelve inches ; C. mul- 

 ticolor, crimson and white, twelve inches; C. verna, blue 

 shaded, twelve inches; Ert/simum Peroffskianum, orange- 

 yellow, exceedingly showy, eighteen inches; Eschscholtzia 

 crocea, orange, twelve inches ; Gilia tricolor, white and 

 purple, twelve inches ; Godstia Lady Albemarle, brilliant 

 crimson; G. rnbicunda splendens, purple, eighteen inches; 

 Iberis nmbellata, in variety, ten inches ; Ne mop hi la in- 

 signis, blue, six inches; Platystemon calif or nicum, sulphur- 

 yellow, six inches; Saponaria calabrica, deep rose-pink, 

 twelve inches; Silene pendula, pink, fifteen inches; 

 Viscaria ocnlata, rose-purple, eighteen inches. 



