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THE VILLA GARDENER. 



all be sown in autumn, if they are to flower in sjiring; as if sown in spring; 

 they will not flower till late in the svnnmer, " About an inch in thickness of 

 very light soil should be laid on a hard surface of rock or gravel, in any 

 obscure part of the garden, and in this the seeds should be sown the first 

 week hi September. In March or April, according to the season, when the 

 flower-beds and borders have been dug over and prepared, the } oung seed- 

 lings should be taken up by spadesful and laid over the bed, filling up all the 

 interstices between the patches with earth, so as to make the surface even." — 

 {Ladies' Companion to the Flower-G arden.) 



Name. 

 Bartonia aurea 

 Calliopsis, or Coreopsis, Drummondii 



tinctoria 



Clarkia elegans 



var. rosea 



pulchella 



var. alba 



Collinsia bicolor 



grandiflora 



Erysimum Perowskianum 

 Eschsclioltzia californica 



crocea 



Eutoca multiflora 



Franklini 



viscida 



Gilia acliillesefolia 



bicolor 



capitata 



var. alba 



tricolor 



Godetia lepida 



Lindleyana, or roseo-alba 



purpurea 



■ Eomanzovii 



vinosa 



Lastheuia californica 

 Leptosiphon densifloriis 



androsaccus 



Limnanthes Douglasii 

 Lupinus nanus 



■ affinis 



micranthus 



Ncmophila atomaria 



aurita 



■ — discoidea 

 Insignis 



phacelioides 



maculata 



Platystemon califomicus 



Colonr. 



Yellow 



Yellow and Brown 



Yellow and Brown 



Reddish Purple 



Pink 



Purple 



White 



Lilac and White 



Blue and Purple 



Orange 



Yellow 



Orange 



Pale Lilac 



Pale Blue 



Dark Blue 



Purple 



White and Brown 



Blue 



White 



White, Brown, and Lilac 



Purple and Crimson 



White and Rose 



. Purple 



Blue 

 Pale Lilac 



Yellow 



Pale Purple 



Wliite 



Yellow and White 



Blue 



Blue 



Purple and Blue 



White and Black 



Purple 



Very Dark 



Bright Blue 



Lilac 



White and Purple 



Cream colour 



Size. 



Spreading. 



Tall. 



Tall. 



Tall. 



Tall. 



Tall. 



Tall. 



Moderate. 



Dwarf. 



Tall. 



Spreading. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Coarse growing. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Tall. 



Tall. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Moderate. 



Tall. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Spreading. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Spreading. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Dwarf. 



Moderate. 



Dwarf. 

 Moderate. 



Dwarf. 

 Moderate. 

 Moderate. 

 Moderate. 



555. List of other ornamental annuals, which should he sown in autumn . 



Name. 

 Adonis autumnalis 

 Delphinium Ajacis 

 • nanum 



