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for their loose, weedy appearance. Sow in October in a light, 

 rich, sandy soil, where the plants are to remain. 



Calceolaria. 



C. pinnata. A pretty dwarf annual, with ash-green foliage ; 

 bears numerous small, pure, sulphur-coloured flowers ; grown in 

 pots in good soil it forms, when in blossom, a delightful contrast 

 with the pretty blue Lobelias. For this purpose, however, it 

 must be sown late, as seed sown in October produces plants 

 which come into blossom long before the Lobelias as early 

 as in the beginning of January. Once grown in the border the 

 plants will generally come up self-sown the following season. 



Verbascum. 



MULLEIN. 



Erect, high-growing, coarse, weedy-looking plants, producing 

 numerous yellow flowers of moderate size, of little ornament to 

 the garden. Sow the seed in October. 



Alonsoa. 



A. incisifolia. MASK-FLOWER. A small, not very attractive 

 plant, with ragged leaves ; produces small, vivid-scarlet flowers. 

 Sow in October. 



Nemesia. 



N. floribunda. A dwarf annual, bearing small flowers differing 

 in no marked degree from those of Linaria. Sow in October. 



Linaria. 



TOAD-FLAX. 



Several species ; bearing pretty, unpretending, small frog- 

 mouthed flowers in vast profusion. Sow in October. To be 

 effective several plants should be grown together in a group. 



Antirrhinum. 



A. majus SNAPDRAGON. A perennial by nature, but usually 

 cultivated as an annual in this country; the seed is sown in 

 October. It comprises a vast number of most beautiful varieties, 



