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n jctaginiflora ; Mirabilis Jalapa ; Mesembryanthemum 

 crjstalHnum, tricolor, white and red ; Brachycoma 

 iberidifolia ; Clintonia elegans, pulcbella ; Phlox Drum- 

 mondii, with its varieties ; Campanula stricta ; Ipo- 

 mopsis elegans ; Argemone grandiflora ; Didiscus coeru- 

 leus ; Ipomopsis elegans; Himnemannia fumari^efolia ; 

 Ageratum Mexicanum ; Limnanthus Douglassii ; Blu- 

 menbachia incana, multifida ; Heliophila araboides ; 

 Hibiscus Africanus ; Cosmus tenuifolius ; Calandrina 

 discolor, grandiflora ; Loasa tricolor, insignis, lateritia; 

 Anagallis Indica, lilacina ; Salpiglossis straminea ; 

 Amaranthus caudatus. 



Tender Annuals. — Impaticns Balsamina, Browallia 

 elata, Celosia cristata (cockscomb), Gomphrgena 

 globosa ; Solanum melongena; Ipora?ea Quamoclit ; 

 Mimosa pudici (humble plant), sensitiva (sensitive 

 plant) ; Thunbergia alata ; Hedysarum gyrans, or mov- 

 ing plant, which, in our hot-houses, often endure for two 

 seasons (as do also Mimosa pudica and sensitiva) ; 

 Browallia grandiflora ; Cleome' rosea, heterophylla ; 

 Scyphanthus elegans ; Loasa Pentlandica ; Martynia 

 proboscidea ; Lisianthus Russellianus. 



We have here enumerated only a small selection of 

 species',* out of a multitude which is continually receiv- 

 ing accessions. A good many of th^ sorts mentioned 

 have been introduced during the last twenty years; and 

 we doubt not that, in an equal period from the present, 

 many more will come into notice. 



Before leaving this part of the subject, it may be 

 proper to mention that it is now the practice of some 

 florists to grow and treat as annuals, or rather as bien- 



Additional lists in Appendix! 



