46 THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



classification which will at once give the cultivator some 

 knowledge of the most proper time of sowing the different 

 varieties, and whether they require any protection or not in 

 any sudden change of weather that may occur after they are 

 planted into the flower borders for flowering. I have omit- 

 ted the time of flowering, which it would be an arduous task 

 to give, in annual flowers, as they will flower earlier or later, 

 according to circumstances and seasons. In regard to colors, 

 it is also difficult to give any distinctive character, as annual 

 flowers of all kinds are very prone to depreciate and run out, 

 or sport from their variety of color; indeed, the better way 

 of giving a list of every kind would be under the head of 

 varieties; however, I shall in a certain degree follow the 

 general rule of giving the proper colors, and merely point 

 out the varieties. 



TENDER AXSTALS. 



Amaranthus, tree, tricolor and bicolor. 



globe, purple, red, white and striped. 



coxcomb, com. large red, scarlet, yellow, &c. 



common dwarf, of colors. 



spike flowered coxcombs, a variety. 

 Egg Plant, white, yellow, red and prickly fruited. 

 Ice Plant, or diamond ficoidas, white and yellow flowered. 



LESS TENDER A^XTTALS. 



Amaranthus, bloody leaved, with erect flower, purple. 



Aster, China, double, white, red, purple, brown, striped, &c. 



Basil, common sweet, red and purple flowered. 



Chrysanthemum, double, white and yellow, plain and quilled. 



Convolvulus major, pink, purple and deep purple. 



India, or Chinese pink, single and double, striped variously. 



Love lies bleeding. 



Marigold, African, pale and deep yellow, plain and quilled. 



French, yellow and crimson striped, velvety. 



dwarf, sorts of both African and French. 

 Marvel of Peru, white, yellow, red, purple and variegated. 

 Nasturtium, yellow and orange flower. 

 Scabious, sometimes made an annual. 

 Stock, com. ten week, red, scarlet, purple and white. 



dwarf, French, fine scarlet, and varieties. 

 Sweet sultan, yellow, purple, red and white flowered. 

 Xeranthemum, or eternal flower, yellow, white, violet and purple. 

 Zinnia, yellow flowered, and red, many varieties. 



