290 GARDEN PLANTS. PART IT 



intended to remain, and to keep the earth moist by daily water- 

 ing. The seed may be sown in the middle of October, and the 

 plants will be in full bloom by the middle of December, and 

 continue so till the hot weather sets in. But in the North-West 

 Provinces the plants must be covered over at night, or they will 

 be sure to be destroyed by the frost. Nor will it answer to delay 

 the sowing till the frosty nights are over, as in that case the 

 plants will perish by the heat before coming into bloom. 



The number of varieties is very great, producing flowers of a 

 pale straw colour, orange, scarlet, dark rich crimson brown, and 

 of every intermediate hue, spotted and striped. The dwarf 

 varieties, called Tom Thumb, grow compact little plants, without 

 the tendency to send out runners, as is so much the habit of 

 the larger kinds. They yield seed in abundance, which, when 

 gathered, should be thoroughly dried and kept till sowing- time 

 in well-closed bottles. 



2. T. peregrinum CANARY CREEPER. A pretty slender 

 creeper, bearing small canary-coloured flowers, growing in 

 course of time 1o a considerable height, and requiring a trellis 

 for its support. It cannot endure heat ; and the seeds must not 

 be sown till the cold weather is well set in, or the young plants 

 will be sure to die off. 



Limnanthes. 



L. Douglas!. A low trailing plant, producing poor miserable 

 flowers, not equal to those of a common Buttercup, which they 

 somewhat resemble. Sow the seeds where the plants are to 

 remain, in a moist, shady situation. 



MALVACEAE. 



Malope. 



M. trifida, var. grandiflora.- A high-growing, tolerably showy 

 annual ; bears large, dull-red, mallow-like flowers : sow the seeds 

 in October in the spot where the plants are to remain, as they 

 suffer severely from transplanting. In the neighbourhood of 

 Calcutta I have often found this plant thrive well till just when 

 about to blossom on the approach of the hot weather, and then 

 die off without opening a single flower. There is a variety with 

 white flowers. 



