8o NEW ZEALAND GARDENING. 



Tritoma Uvaria and varieties (commonly called Red-hot 

 Poker plant) from three to four feet high, bright orange red, 

 propagated by suckers, or division ; Ageratum Imperial 

 dwarf blue, and Mexicana, one foot ; Amaranthus melan- 

 cholicus ruber, a fine foliaged plant with blood- red leaves, 

 one foot ; Calceolarias, golden yellow, one foot ; Del- 

 phiniums, of varieties, two feet ; Fuchsias, of varieties ; 

 Gazania splendens, deep orange, a fine plant for planting in 

 lines for effect, four inches ; Mimulus, of varieties, thrives 

 best near water, or in moist soils ; Pyrethrum, golden and 

 hybrid double, good for effect, six inches ; Verbenas, of 

 varieties ; Viola cornuta, flowers mauve ; Lutea, yellow, 

 golden gem, and true blue, all admirably adapted for 

 beds, patches, or lines, four inches ; Petunias, of sorts ; 

 Geraniums, golden tricolour, Zonale and plain-leaved; Pansies, 

 of sorts ; Campanula pyramidalis, the finest of all the bell- 

 flowers, easily cultivated either from seeds, cuttings, or by 

 offsets, three feet ; Chrysanthemums, Pompone, and large 

 flowering, two to three feet ; Poeonias (including Tree 

 Pceonies) all gorgeous flowers and free bloomers, of various 

 colours, two feet ; Salvia fulgens, bright scarlet, patens 

 deep blue, and alba white, height two to three feet ; Lobelia 

 cardinalis and fulgens, deep scarlet, one foot. 



Spring Blooming Perennials. Double yellow, 

 white, crimson, aud lilac primulas, three inches ; Polyanthus 

 primroses, of sorts ; Iberis sempervirens (Evergreen Candy- 

 tuft) nine inches ; White Hepatica ; alba and caerulea, white 

 and blue, three inches ; Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose), 

 one foot, pink ; Gentiana acaulis (Dwarf Gentian), four 

 inches, deep blue ; Dodecatheon giganteum (Giant American 

 Cowslip); Anemone Appenina (Mountain Anemone), six 

 inches, blue; Alyssum saxatile (Rock Madwort), six inches, 

 yellow ; Lily of the Valley ; Phlox verna ; Saxifraga 

 oppositefolia (opposite leaved Saxifrage), three inches, purple. 

 These charming Spring flowers, although common in 

 England are comparatively rare, as yet, in New Zealand, 

 excepting the double primulas, which are now plentiful. 

 Fancy primulas are to be had from several of the nurserymen 

 who make specialities of these things. 



