March.'] list of choice annuals, etc. 27 



Collinsia bicolor, two-colored Colliiisia.*' 



heteroplijlla, lilac and white. 



Commelina coelestis, blue flowering Coraraelina. 



Dianthus Cliinensis, China pink, many fine double varieties. 



Gomphrena globosa, red and white globe Amaranthus. 



Hibiscus manihot, large yellow Hibiscus. 



Africanus major, buff with black centre. 



Helichrysum bracteatum ) ^^ n ^ j.- 



^^ -'n 7-7 r iellow everlastma;. 



Aerantliemum iucidum j 



T 1 X. ( Rose-colored flowers like the 



Lopnospermum erubescens, ) t\- -i v c ^■ \ v 

 ^ ^ ^ u i)iD;italis,.a unc climber lor 



^ (^ arbors. 



T 1. + .-f- f Orange red, an interesting, climbing plant, 



j-joasa lateritia, ^ t i • ,^ ^ . . i 



^ ( blooming throughout the season. 



Malope alba, white flowering Malope. 



grandiflora, large red flowering Malope. 



Mathiola annua, all the yarieties of ten week stocks should 



be industriously cultivated, and seed sown also in 



April and May for autumn blooming. 

 Maurandia Barclayana, blue flowering, C Climbing plants 

 semperflorenS; pink flowering, < for pillars, trel- 



alba white, (_ lises or arbors. 



Mesembryanthemum. 



crystallinum, Ice plant. 



Mimosa pudica, Sensitive plant, "^ 



Mimulus Wheelerii, Monkey flower, yel- | ^^^^^ ^.^,^^ ^^^^ 

 low and crimson, )■ . *, ^ 



Smithii, Smith's yellow and red, | I ^ • 



roseus, rose-colored, J 



Petunias of variety, a beautiful genus of plants, of every 

 variety of color, from deep purple to pure white, 

 blooming from June till frost; the seeds are small 

 and require to be very lightly covered. 



Phlox Drummondii and its varieties of crimson, rose, lilac, 

 and white. 



Portulaca splendens, splendid .purple-flowered Purslane. 



Thorburnii, yellow. 



alba, white. » 



elegans, crimson. 



Thellusonii, red-flowered. 



Salpiglossis picta, atropurpurea,/&c,, delight in a cool situ- 

 ation. 



