Plants for the Sea-Coast. 



colours ; Dianthus J barbatus (Sweet William), various ; Esch- 

 scholtzia California, orange and other varieties; *Helichry- 

 sum bracteatum (Everlasting Flowers), white, yellow, pink, red, 

 and other varieties ; Iberis umbellata (Candytuft), white, lilac, 

 and crimson varieties ; Lavatera trimestris, rosy-pink or white; 

 Leptosiphon Androsaceus, etc., various colours ; Linum grandi- 

 florum rubrum, deep carmine ; Lupinus luteus, albus, etc., 

 various colours ; Malcolmia maritima (Virginian Stock), lilac- 

 purple and white varieties ; Nemophila insignis, etc., varie- 

 ties ; Papaver Ehoeas (Poppy), Kanunculus-flowered varieties of 

 many colours ; * Phlox Drummondii, various ; Keseda odorata 

 (Mignonette), Saponaria Calabrica, rose and white varieties ; 

 Scabiosa 1 atropurpurea (Sweet Scabious), various colours; 

 Schizanthus pinnatus, several varieties ; Silene pendula, rosy- 

 purple and white varieties; Tagetes erecta (African Marigold), 

 orange and sulphur-yellow varieties ; Tagetes patula (French 

 Marigold), many varieties ; Tagetes signata pumila, yellow and 

 purple-brown ; Whitlavia grandiflora, violet-blue and white 

 varieties ; * Zinnia elegans, various colours, etc. 



We conclude this subject with a short list of Ferns, all of 

 which are indigenous and easily grown : Lomaria spicant, 

 Aspleriium Filix-fcemina, Nephrodium Filix-mas and spinulo- 

 sum, and Aspidium aculeatum in variety, will flourish in 

 almost any ordinary garden soil in half-shaded places. Asple- 

 nium Trichomanes, A. Adiantum-nigrum, Scolopendrium vul- 

 gare, and Polypodium vulgare, require attention in drainage. 

 And finally, Osmunda regalis delights in marshy ground. 



PLANTS FOR THE SEA-COAST. 



Sea-side planting presents many difficulties, especially on a 

 bleak exposed shore, where comparatively few things will 

 flourish. Still there is no necessity for the monotonous repe 

 titions of Poplars, Tamarisks, and the few other plants ordinarily 

 met with at watering-places, which, as a rule, are in sheltered 

 situations. In such localities there is scarcely any limit to the 

 number of species that may be successfully cultivated. It 

 would be superfluous to enumerate all the species that might 

 be grown ; but a glance at some of the more suitable subjects 

 will serve as a guide to what may be effected. Of course the 



1 Biennial. 



