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After the Nemophila, the Sweet-pea (Lathynis odoratus) flowers 

 (fig. 477), of which there are several varieties. I like to grow only 

 one plant in a place. I have a variety which is self-sown every year, 

 and stands through the winter ; it branches in early spring, and 

 produces an abundance of flowers, and ripens its seed in August. I 

 have heard that seed-growers sow in August, but I cannot speak from 

 my own experience: my kind stands the severest frost uninjured. The 

 Scarlet Sweet-pea should be one of the varieties invariably grown. 



Fu;. 478. Coreopsis tinctorht. 



FIG. 470,.^ African Marigold, orange double. 



An occasional plant of the Coreopsis tinctoria (fig. 478) should 

 never be omitted from the garden. There are now many varieties 

 of this interesting annual, all of which flower in August and September* 

 The seed is sown in May. 



A single plant here and there of the African Marigold (Tagetes 

 erecta, fig. 479), planted so as to stand out boldly and show itself, is 



FIG. 480. African Marigold, single. 



fine for the border. The seed requires to be sown in heat in April, 

 and the young plants pricked out in May. A dwarf variety of mari- 

 gold (fig. 480) is very ornamental. 



