80 CUPHEA 



CU'PHEA continued. 



C. strigullo'sa, 1 ft. high, has yellow and red flowers. 

 A tender plant, may be planted in mild 

 localities, but better suited for the greenhouse. 



C. Zimapan'i. A good hardy annual, l ft. high ; 

 has flowers of deep purple, edged with a 

 lighter shade. 1878. Excellent for cutting 

 from, and lasts well in water. 



Propagate by seeds sown -J- in. deep in boxes of 

 light sandy soil in temp. 75 in March ; prick off 

 seedlings into pots of loam, leaf-mould, or peat and 

 sand, gradually harden off, and plant out in June 

 in a rich dry soil. Water moderately. 



CURLED MALLOW. See MALVA crispa. 

 CUT-FLOWER. See SCHIZANTHUS. 



DAH'LIA (named after one Dahl, a Swedish botanist). 

 Nat. Ord. Composite. 



It does not appear to be generally known among 

 amateur gardeners that Dahlias may be raised like 

 annuals by sowing the seed in the early months 

 and flowering them the same year and at the usual 

 time, about September. But this is so, though it 

 is not the usual practice. Nevertheless, they are 

 such important plants that this fact cannot be 

 passed over. If they do not make quite such large 

 plants the first season, they produce as fine flowers 

 as those from cuttings or division of the roots, and 

 there is always the chance of getting something 

 new, as seedlings are always liable to variation. 



