70 TENDER ANNUALS. [APRIL 



amaranthus, ice plants, stramoniums, egg plants, 

 and balsams. The three first named are too 

 tender to be planted out in the borders, till 

 very late in the season, when they are in 

 flower, and should not therefore be sown by 

 any one who has not a green-house or frame 

 to grow them in, as they cannot safely be put 

 out of doors till they are nearly full grown. 



I should not advise you to have more than 

 two or three egg plants, as they are more sin- 

 gular than showy : the purple variety is the 

 handsomest. Datura stramonium is very hand- 

 some, but produces but few flowers. 



You might sow some seed of balm of Gilead, 

 or raise plants from cuttings : this is a perennial 

 plant, very useful to plant out in May, as it 

 grows freely. On account of the delightful fra- 

 grance of the leaf, it isjery useful for the green 

 part of a nosegay ; and when dried, it continues 



