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and put out the plants in the border when two or three inches 

 high. It comes into bloom in March, and by carefully removing 

 the seed-vessels as they form, may be had in flower continually 

 all the Hot season. 



2. C. filifolia, var. Burridgi. A species with finely-divided 

 foliage, bears very handsome flowers with brilliant golden-yellow 

 rays, and large centre of rich crimson-maroon. 



Helianthus. 



H. animus SUNFLOWER Sooruj Mukhee. This well-known 

 annual thrives well in India; the varieties grandiflorus-plenis- 

 simus and Californicus are remarkable, the first for its enormous 

 flowers, the second for its exceedingly double ones. Some 

 species are distinguished for their silvery foliage : as argenteus, 

 argyrophyllus, and Texanus hybridus : one macrophyllus is described 

 as having large handsome deep green leaves ; and uniflorus as 

 being most gigantic of all, growing to ten feet high. The 

 seeds should be sown in July. 



Cosmos. 



C. bipinnatus. Bears pretty pink, daisy-like flowers on stems 

 two feet high. Sow in October, and plant out in the border in 

 a rich soil. 



Spilanthes. 



S. oleracea. An interesting dwarf plant with rich green leaves ; 

 bears numerous curious yellow button-like flowers, with dark- 

 brown tops ; very pretty either in pots or in the border. Sow 

 the seed in July. 



Ximenesia. 



X. encelioides. A weedy-looking plant with bright yellow 

 dandelion-like flowers of not much beauty. 



Sanvitalia. 



S. procumbens. A prostrate-growing plant, covering the 

 ground with its small oval leaves, from among which sparkle its 

 daisy-like flowers, with golden rays and deep puce-coloured eye ; 

 sow in October. 



