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we can grow the annual plants of the tropics as well as those from 

 temperate and cold climates. 



Let us look at a short list of the most important genera so that 

 we can see how our summer gardens are supplied with plants from 

 all over the world. 



From the East Indies have come Amarantus caudatiis, Cacalia 

 coccinea, Celosia cristata and pi/ramidalis, Dolichos, different spe- 

 cies, most of the annual gourds, Impatiens Balsamina the balsam, 

 and Thunbergia alata. 



From China we have CaUistephus Chinensis or China asters, 

 Dianthus Chinensis, and Perilla Xankinensis. 



AustraUa has given us Acroclinium roseum, Ammobium alatum, 

 Brachycome or Swan River daisy, Cephalipterum Drummondii, 

 Didiscus caeruleus, Helichrysum, Helipterum or Rhodanthe, 

 Podolepis gracilis, and Wahlenbergia grandiflora. 



Africa has given us Arctotis, Crj-ptostomma, Dimorphotheca, 

 Hebenstretia, Lobelia erinus, Linum grandiflorum, Malope, Xeme- 

 sia, and Senecio elegans. 



From South America, Alonsoa, Browallia, Collomia, Hunne- 

 mannia, jNIartvnia, Petunia, Salpiglossis, Schizanthus, Tropaeolum 

 majus and minus. 



Mexico gave us Ageratum Mexicanum-, Argemone Mexicana 

 and grandiflora, Cosmos bipinnatus, Lophospermun scandens, 

 Maurandia Barclaiana, Sanvitalia, Tagetes erecta and patula, 

 Zinnia elegans and Haageana. 



From Europe, Anfirrhinuvi majus, Calendula officinalis, Cen- 

 taurea Cijanus, Convolvulus tricolor, Delphinium^ Ajacis and 

 Consolida, Iberis coronaria, odoraia, and iimhellata, Lathyrus 

 odoratus or sweet pea, Matthiola annua and incana, Nigella 

 Damascena, Papaver Rhoeas and somniferum, Reseda odorata, and 

 Scabiosa afropurpurea. 



California gives us an immense lot of good annuals, Abronia, 

 Baeria, Bartonia, Clarkia, Coreopsis tinctoria and Atkinsoniana, 

 Eschscholzia, Eutoca, Gilia, Godetia (Oenothera), Lasthenia, 

 Leptosyne, Nemophila, Oenothera, and Phacelia (^Yhitlavia). 



Coreopsis Drummondii and coronata and Phlox Drummondii 

 come from Texas. 



