296 Descriptive List of Twenty-four Annuals. 



12. Yiscdria occiilata. — Grows twelve inches in height, 

 branched, and slender ; flowers bright rose, with a dark eye. 



13. Nemophila instgnis. — Grows from four to six inches 

 in height, trailing; flowers blue, with a white centre; requires 

 to be shaded from the sun. It flowers beautifully in winter 

 in the greenhouse, if seeds are sown in August and September, 

 and has a pleasing effect hanging over the shelf 



14. Zinnm elegans. — Grows eighteen inches in height, 

 upright ; flowers are of various hues. 



15. Schizantluis Grahdmii. — Grows twenty-four inches in 

 height, upright ; flowers pink and yellow ; it is apt to damp 

 off" in rainy seasons. 



16. Schizdnthiis Priesiii. — Grows about eighteen inches in 

 height ; flowers white, with a bright yellow lower lip. 



17. Sedinn cceruleum. — Grows five to six inches in height, 

 spreading ; flowers blue. 



18. Mdlope trijida var. grandiflbra. — Grows thirty-six inches 

 in height ; flowers rosy crimson. 



19. Cacalia coccmea. — Grows eighteen inches in height, 

 slender ; flowers scarlet. 



20. Kaulfussia. amelloides. — Grows eight inches in height ; 

 flower blue with yellow disk. 



21. Convolvuhis tricolor. — Grows six to eight inches in 

 height, trailing ; flowers white, blue and spotted. 



22. Erysimum Peroffs ky knum. — Grows about eighteen 

 inches in height, upright; flowers yellow ; requires to be sown 

 in the bed it is to remain in, as it does not bear transplanting 

 well. 



23. SphcBHogyne speclosa. — Grows twelve to eighteen inches 

 in height, bushy ; flowers bright yellow with a dark centre. 



24. Clinfonisi pulchella and Brachycome iberidifblia, are 

 very desirable for the greenhouse in winter and spring, but 

 are too delicate for the flower garden ; the best way to propa- 

 gate the latter is by cuttings. 



If you think the above worth a place in your Magazine, I 

 will send you a short description of the best half hardy or 

 greenhouse plants suitable for bedding out in the American 

 Flower Garden. 



Oatlands., L. I., July, 1845. 



