204 MY GARDEN 



Acroclinium is a half-hardy annual growing about two and a hah* 

 feet tall bearing starlike flowers about an inch across in soft rose- 

 lilac or white and with grayish foliage. The winged Everlasting, 

 Ammobium alatum, has small white flowers with a yellow centre 

 and is very quaint and pretty. It is a hardy annual which blooms 

 all summer long. Gnaphalium foetidum is also a hardy annual 

 and much like the foregoing save as to colour which is yellow. 

 Helipterum is yellow and in shape like the Helichrysums, but it 

 loses its nice golden colour when dried and becomes rather a dull 

 green. 



The Rhodanthes are extremely pretty with their pink blossoms 

 pendent upon slender stems. R. Manglesii, called the Swan River 

 Everlasting, has charming rose-coloured rosettes with yellow cen- 

 tres. The foliage of these plants is broad and pleasant and they 

 grow about fourteen inches high. They do not like to be moved, 

 but as they are very tender must either be started indoors and 

 transplanted with a ball of earth, or sown out of doors in May 

 where they are to remain. 



The double flowers of Xeranthemum annuum are particularly old- 

 fashioned looking and rather sombre in their violet and purple 

 colouring. They grow about two feet tall and may be sown out 

 of doors in April. The Globe Amaranthe with its round, frankly 

 magenta blooms is one of my favourites. It blooms all summer 

 long and the bunches of bright coloured flowers are very cheery 

 when the long white days are upon us. It may be sown out of 

 doors after danger from frost is past. The Everlastings are very 

 attractive grown in association with the annual and perennial 

 grasses. 



