322 GAKDEN PLANTS. PAKT IT. 



Venidium. 



V. calendulaceum. A plant of low growth, with large, coarse, 

 weedy-looking foliage ; produces flowers which might be easily 

 mistaken for those of the Marygold. Sow in October, and put 

 out the plants singly in the border. 



Centaurea. 



1. C. moschata SWEET SULTAN. A well known old annual ; 

 bears heads of thistle-like purple flowers, showy but of no great 

 beauty. 2. C. suaveolens YELLOW SULTAN. Bears yellow 

 sow-thistle-like flowers. 3. C. Cyanus- CORN-BLUEBOTTLE. A 

 common weed in England, as it has almost become in gardens 

 in India ; pretty when grown in patches for the pure azure-blue 

 of its flowers. 4. C. Americana. A tall growing plant; bears 

 very large heads of Lilac flowers. The seeds of all the species 

 should be sown in October, and the plants put out in the 

 border in rich soil. 



Carthamus. 



C . tinctorius SAFFLOWER Koosoom. Though an agricultural 

 plant, this may be admitted to a place in the garden for the 

 numerous showy yellow flowers it produces. Sow in July. 



Tolpis. 



T. barbata BEARDED HA WE WEED. Kather a bright and 

 showy little annual; bears large yellow and white daisy-like 

 flowers. Sow in October. 



Kaulfussia. 



K. amelloides. A small annual ; bears very pretty daisy-like 

 flowers of two colours, blue and white. Sow in October, and 

 put out the plants by threes, when about two inches high, in 

 good soil in the border. 



ONAGRACE^E. 

 (Enothera. 



EVENING-PRIMROSE. 



1. CE. tetraptera. A plant of prostrate growth, pleasing for the 



