CHAP. IV. ORNAMENTAL ANNUALS. 307 



If seed be sown in January, and the plants be kept in pots in 

 the verandah, they will blossom very prettily there during the 

 months of June and July. 



Collomia. 



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C. coccinea. A rather dwarf annual : bears erect dense heads 

 of small, vivid, metallic, pale-red flowers ; but as produced in this 

 country not very effective. Sow in October ; blossoms in March. 



Gilia. 



1. G. tricolor. A dwarf annual : bears phlox-like trusses of 

 numerous sparkling flowers of the size of a four-anna piece, 

 pinkish, with dark spots ; a charming plant. Sow in October. 



2. G. capitata. A straggling plant, bearing little resemblance 

 in any respect to the last; produces dense tuft-like heads of 

 azure-blue flowers. 



3. G. Achilleaefolia. Bears dense heads of pink-coloured flowers. 



Leptosiphon. 



L. densiflorus. A dwarf annual ; bears pretty heads of rather 

 large bluish-white flowers. Sow in October. 



Ipomopsis. 



I. elegans. A biennial ; but usually cultivated here with the 

 annuals. A small plant with finely-divided foliage : very beauti- 

 ful when in blossom, with its bright scarlet flowers, which it 

 does not produce till after the Cold season. I have had it 

 in blossom at Ferozepore; but at Chinsurah, though I have 

 managed to keep it through the Hot and Eain season, it perished 

 just at the commencement of the Cold season, as often happens 

 with plants starting into growth at that period. 



HYDROPHYLLACE.E. 

 Nemophila. 



1. N. insignis. A delightful little annual ; the first introduced, 

 and perhaps the prettiest of the species ; bears numerous bright 

 azure-blue flowers of the size of an eight-anna piece. It throve 

 well and blossomed beautifully exposed to the full sun in my 



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