250 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



ence to the old English marigold, and not to the elegant 

 French varieties, which now embellish our gardens with their 

 gold and velvet tinted blossoms, brought to great perfection 

 by the Parisian cultivators. 



Or the Marvel of Peru, or 4-o'clock, as it is often called, 

 whose flowers do not open till evening, or exactly the reverse 



of 



" Those flowers that turn to meet the sunlij^ht dawn, 

 And those which slumber when the light is run." 



These, with their striped flowers of all hues, obtained by M. 

 liCcoq, a French florist, are among the finest annuals of the 

 garden. 



And the Scabious, desirable for its sweet odor, as well as 

 its rich colors : 



" What regal purple with the Scabious vie ?" 



Or the Larkspurs, with their caerulean tints so clear and deep 

 that some have supposed them the hyacinth of the poets. 



Even the Poppies are not to be overlooked, for though long 

 associated by the poets with 



" Trees of bitter gall and heben sad," 

 Still form one of the showiest ornaments of the garden, 

 and, in their present improved state, will make a display 

 scarcely less gaudy than the tulip. 



And then the Gilliflowers, or Ten-week Stocks, which 

 display their long spikes of fragrant blossoms, — red, purple, 

 pink, blush, white, yellow, crimson, &.C., — all double, and 

 blooming till frost. Who does not, we repeat, admire them 

 all? 



Neither shall we cease to love the more humble annuals, 

 whose masses of bloom, when well cultivated and prettily ar- 

 ranged, form a carpet of diversified colors. The old Candytuft 

 is one of these, the Alyssum another. Phlox Drummondii, Col- 

 linsias, Gilias, Eschscholtzias, Godetias, Lobelias, Nemophila, 

 Nolana, &c., are others ; and the Portulacas, now so much 

 enriched by the acquisition of new colors — golden, white, 

 crimson and scarlet — large beds of the latter two dazzling the 

 eye with their brilliancy when the sun shines upon them, 

 while the others form striking contrasts. 



