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Gardening for Amateurs 



Some flowers have extra petals in the centre, 

 indicating that we shall soon have a double- 

 flowered strain. 



Emilia flammea (Tassel Flower). 

 The orange-scarlet, long-stemmed flowers 

 of this plant, which grows 12 to 18 inches 

 high, are useful for cutting. Sow under 

 glass in March or outside in April. Cacalia 



Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus) 

 (see page 428). 



coccinea is another name for the Tassel 

 Flower. 



Erysimum perofskianum. This is a 

 showy hardy annual with rich orange 

 flowers. Seeds may be sown in April where 

 the plants are to bloom. It grows 12 to 15 

 inches high. 



Eschscholtzia (Calif ornian Poppy). 

 Amateurs do not make sufficient use of this 

 beautiful hardy annual. Originally we pos- 

 sessed plants with yellow flowers only, but 

 now there are numerous rich shades of colour 

 sold separately, or seeds may be had in mix- 

 ture. Notable and distinct sorts are Mikado, 

 orange-crimson ; Ruby King ; Frilled Pink ; 



Rose Queen ; californica, yellow ; crocea r 



orange ; and crocea alba, white. It is best 



to sow the seeds during March or early 



April where the plants are to bloom. They 



grow about 12 inches high, and if allowed 



to seed self-sown seedlings will come up 



freely. Suitable for hot, dry positions. 



Eucharidium Breweri, lilac, purple and 



white, 9 inches high, and E. con- 



cinnum (grandiflorum), rosy - purple, 



15 inches high, are two useful Cali- 



fornian annuals for the front of the 



border and the rock garden. Sow 



out of doors in April where the 



plants are to bloom. 



Gaillardia (Blanket Flower). 

 With one or two exceptions the 

 Gaillardias are perennials, though 

 often sown in heat early in the year 

 and treated as annuals. G. Amblyo- 

 don, 2 feet high, with deep red flowers ; 

 G. picta, yellow and red, 18 inches 

 high ; lorenziana, double flowers in 

 mixture, and lorenziana The Bride, 

 double creamy white, 18 inches high, 

 are half-hardy annuals. Sow the 

 seeds under glass during March, pre- 

 ferably in warmth, and plant out late 

 in May. The Blanket Flowers are 

 delightful for cutting. 



Gilia. The Gilias grow about 1 



foot high, and being rather slender 



in habit the seeds may be sown rather 



more thickly than most annuals. Sow 



in April preferably where the plants 



are to flower, in groups along the front 



of the borders. G. capitata, pale 



mauve ; G. tricolor, lavender, white 



and black, or purple ; G. liniflora (nivalis), 



fragrant white, yellow throat, are the chief 



sorts. 



Godetia. Though botanists now include 

 this popular annual with the Evening Prim- 

 rose family as Oenothera amoena, for garden 

 purposes the name Godetia cannot be dis- 

 pensed with. No hardy annuals we grow 

 produce a brighter display in the garden 

 than Godetias, and they last a long time in 

 beauty. When they are massed in beds and 

 borders the effect is delightful, and for cutting 

 the double sorts are much prized. For 

 bedding and the front of borders there is a 

 dwarf compact strain 9 inches to 1 foot high 



