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cedonica, bright scarlet ; Antirrhinum, various colours ; Pent- 

 sternon, various colours ; Papaver orientale, scarlet or orange- 

 scarlet ; Lupinus polyphyllus, blue and white ; Delphinum 

 formosum, etc. (Larkspur), blue and white ; Aconitum Napellus 

 (Monkshood), blue and white ; Polemonium cseruleum, blue or 

 white ; Eanunculus aconitifolius (Fair Maids of France), double 

 white-flowered variety; E. acris (Yellow Bachelor's Buttons), 

 double yellow-flowered variety; Veronica spicata, blue and 

 white varieties ; V. gentianoides, pale blue ; Spiraea Filipendula, 

 double white variety ; Achillea Ptarmica, double white variety; 

 Aquilegia vulgaris, etc., numerous brilliantly-coloured varieties; 

 Eryngium alpinum, blue stems and inflorescence ; Epilobium 

 angustifolium, rosy-purple and white varieties ; Iris Germanica, 

 Susiana, etc., various colours ; Myosotis sylvatica, blue ; Heme- 

 rocallis flava and H. fulva, yellow and tawny; Potentilla 

 atrosanguinea and P. Nepalensis, varieties, yellow to dark 

 crimson ; Greum Chiloense, scarlet and crimson varieties ; Soli- 

 dago Virgaurea (Golden Eod), yellow ; Aster, various species, 

 blue, purple, or white; Anemone Japonica, rosy-purple and 

 other varieties ; Tradescantia Virginica, blue, white, and reddish- 

 purple varieties, etc. 



Plants flowering in Autumn. The number of species 

 peculiarly autumnal in their flowering is very small ; but in 

 favourable seasons a great many of the late summer plants 

 continue to bloom till the end of autumn, or even until Christ- 

 mas. Chrysanthemum Sinense, various' species of Aster, Stern- 

 bergia lutea, and some rare species of Croeus may be men- 

 tioned. 



To make this series of lists complete, we include a selection 

 of some of the hardiest and most desirable annuals, or plants 

 commonly treated as such. Those species preceded by an 

 asterisk are tender, and must be raised in a frame or greenhouse 

 to get them early in flower : Amaranthus caudatus (Love-lies- 

 bleeding), crimson ; A. hypochondriacus (Prince's Feather), 

 crimson ; Centaurea moschata (Purple Sweet Sultan) ; Calen- 

 dula officinalis (Common Marigold), orange-yellow double- 

 flowered variety ; *Callistephus hortensis, great variety of 

 colours ; Centaurea Cyanus, blue, white, and pink varieties ; 

 Clarkia elegans and pulchella, pink, lilac, purple, and white 

 varieties ; Collinsm bicolor, lilac, and white ; Delphinium 

 Ajacis and Consolida (Rocket and Branching Larkspurs), various 



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