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Gardening for Amateurs 



as for the bright display they make in the 

 garden. Seeds may be sown outside or under 

 glass. Probably the most popular sorts at 

 the present time are the " Star " varieties. 

 Morning Star, primrose ; Northern Star, 

 ivory-white, yellow zone ; Evening Star, 

 golden - yellow ; Eastern Star, primrose- 

 yellow, dark centre. These grow 18 inches 

 high. Other good ones are C. carinatum 



Collinsia bicolor, a showy hardy annual. 



(tricolor) var. atrococcineum, scarlet and 

 blood-red, var. Burridgeanum, white, crim- 

 son and yellow, 18 inches ; C. coronarium, 

 double white and double yellow, 3 feet high ; 

 dwarf double yellow (Golden Queen) ; dwarf 

 double white (White Pearl), 15 inches to 

 18 inches high ; C. inodorum (Bridal Robe), 

 a valuable double white sort for cutting, 

 18 inches high ; C. segetum grandiflorum 

 (Corn Marigold), showy yellow flowers, height 

 2 feet. 



Glarkia. One of the most popular and 

 easily grown hardy annuals, providing masses 



of brilliant colours in beds and borders. 

 They should be grown not less than 10 

 inches to 1 foot apart ; a distance of 18 

 inches is not too much to allow some of the 

 " elegans " varieties, which grow 2 feet high. 

 C. pulchella grows 1 foot to 1 J feet high. The 

 double sorts are valuable for cutting. The 

 best forms of C. elegans are Firefly, vivid rose- 

 red ; Scarlet Beauty ; Purple Prince, ruby- 

 purple ; Snowball (White Queen), double 

 white ; Salmon Queen, double salmon-rose. 

 Of varieties of C. pulchella there are single 

 rose and single white ; double rose and double 

 white ; marginata, pink edged white ; or 

 several shades may be had in mixture. Sow 

 the seeds outside where the plants are to 

 flower. 



Collinsia bicolor. One of the best hardy 

 annuals for the town garden ; sow the seeds 

 for preference where the plants are to flower ; 

 height 12 inches ; colour of flowers, lilac and 

 white. Candidissima is a pure white variety. 



Collomia coccinea. A hardy annual 

 from Chili, 1 foot high, with bright red flowers. 

 Sow outside or under glass. 



Convolvulus. Included in this family is 

 one of our best climbing annuals, C. major 

 (Ipomoea purpurea). For clothing any bare 

 fences, arbours, trellis-work and verandas 

 its only serious rival is the Nasturtium. We 

 have it in various colours, light and dark blue, 

 purple, white, rose and striped. All these 

 may be purchased separately or in mixture. 

 Sow the seeds under glass during March and 

 April or outside early in May. C. minor, the 

 dwarf Convolvulus, grows 1 foot high and is 

 used for edgings and small beds ; distinct 

 colours are white, light blue, dark blue, 

 pink, crimson- violet (Crimson Beauty). Sow 

 as advised for the climbing sorts. All are 

 half-hardy annuals. 



Coreopsis (Calliopsis). These are the 

 best annuals for cutting ; they furnish a 

 prolonged display of blooms on long stalks. 

 Sow the seeds outside where they are to 

 flower. The best kinds are : C. tinctoria, 

 yellow and brown, 3 feet (there is a double- 

 flowered variety of this) ; Beauty, yellow and 

 brown ; Crimson King, 9 inches ; Golden 

 Ray, yellow and brown ; Lemon Queen, 

 lemon-yellow, blotched with crimson, 3 feet 

 high. C. Drummondii, golden -yellow, chest- 

 nut-brown centre, height 18 inches, is fine. 



