28 LIST OF CHOICE ANNUALS, ETC. \_31arcll. 



Scbizantlius rctusus! oranec-colored ^ t -i • i m i 



c 1 . ,, ' '^ Ijike a rich soil, and 



, ' v a 1 • a cool and partial- 



pinnatus, calico bciiizan- V , i i i v 



^\ \ ^y shaded situa- 



And a few other varieties, J 



Shortia Californica, yellow Shortia, very profuse flowering. 



Tagetes, Marigold, the new varieties of the French are 

 very pretty — they like rich soil and plenty .of moist- 

 ure. 



Tropaeolum aduncum, Canary bird flower, a beautiful climber. 



atrosanguineum, crimson Nastur- ^ 



tiuni. [ Climbing 



Thunbergia alata, bufl" with black centre. [ plants. 



■ alba, white-flowered. J 



aurantiaca, fine orange. 



Verbena Defiance, Robertson's, bright scar- 

 let. 



Queen, pure white. 



Beauty, supreme bright rose. 



Perfection, pale-blue with white. 



Polkii, dark crimson purple. 



Triumphant, crimson. 



A lovely family 

 of pretty and 

 profuse flower- 

 ing plants, gen- 

 erally of a pro- 

 cumbent habit. 



Seeds may be obtained from the above, although they 

 cannot be relied upon to produce the same colors. 

 Vinea rosea, Madagascar Periwinkle, ") Thrive best in a warm, 



alba, white flowered Pe- v dry situation, with 



riwinkle, J rich soil. 



Zinnia elegans, splendid Zinnia. ^ Very showy plants, and 

 coccinea, scarlet. [^ do best when they 

 alba, white. i are well supplied 



pauciflora yellow. J with water, 



Though the above will bloom much earlier by being sown 

 on a hot-bed, yet where that convenience cannot be obtained, 

 they will all succeed treated as hardy annuals. 



After sowing, if the weather be clear, the sun acting on 

 the glass will produce a too rapid evaporation of the moist- 

 ure of the soil, and may otherwise afl"ect seeds but thinly 

 covered, which must be guarded against by shading with 

 mats for a few hours during bright sunshine. In giving 

 water, it ought always to be about mi Ik- warm, and passed 



