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ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS. 



ripening their seed the first season, are in reality peren- 

 nial, as are also some other varieties from warm climates, 

 usually denominated annuals ; but as such could not be 

 cultivated at all by those who have no means of protecting 

 their plants through our severe winters, they may with 

 great propriety be treated as tender annuals, by sowing the 

 seed every Spring. 



A CATALOGUE OF 



ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS 

 Graincs de Jleures annuellcs. 



§ Denotes tender. + Perennial. * Difficult to transplant. HEIGHT 



IN FEET 



^Ageratum, Mexican, blue. Ageratum Mezicana lto2 



Alkekengi, or Kite Flower, lilac. Atropa physaloides 3 to 4 



+Alyssum Sweet, white. Alyssum maritima 1 



§Amaranthus, three-coloured. Amaranthus tricolor 2 to 3 



*Argeinone, or Prickly Poppy; yel- Argemonc Mezicana, grandiflor a, 



low, cream colour and white. ochrolcnca, etc. 2 to A 



Astor, Chinese and German, white, Aster, Chinensis,var. alba,rubra, 



red, striped, purple, &c. striata, purpurea, etc. lio2 



§ Balsams; three species and nume- Balsamina hortensis, Mastersiana, 



roud varieties, scarlet, striped, c or nuta,coccinea, striata, purpurea 



purple, crimson, white, &c- alba, etc 1 to 2 



\)Bartonia, the Golden. Bartonia aurea. 2 to 3 



Bladder Ketmia, buff, dark centre. Hibiscus trionum lto2 



Blue Bottle great, Centaurea cyanus, major 3 to 4 



Blue Bottle, small. Centaurea cyanus, minor 1 to 2 



Blumenbachia, white. Blumenbachia,insig)iis, under 1 



§ Browallia, or Amethyst, blue,\vhite. Broicallia elata, alba, etc 1 to 2 



§ Cacalia, scarlet. Cacalia coccinea \to2 



Calliopsis; Drummond's Coreopsis. Calliopsis Drummondii 2 to 3 



Calandrina Annual, crimson. Calandrina speciosa , etc. lto2 



f Calandrina, rose and purple tinged. Calandrina discolor, etc. 2 to3 



* Candytuft, white and purple. lbcris alba, purpurea, etc. 1 

 *Catch Fly, purple and red. Silenc purpurea , muscipula,etc.2to3 

 *Catch Fly, dwarf pink, spotted, &c. Silcne Armeria, picta, etc. \to2 



* Caterpillars, Hedge Hogs and Medicago circinnata t intertezta, 



Snails, curious. scutcllata, etc lto2 



