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the plant becomes much branched, and is quite 

 symmetrical. Stella, a variety of the last, is 

 easily to be distinguished from it by the higher 

 price of the seeds. H. variegatus grows about six 

 feet high, bears a single yellow flower, and has its 

 leaves striped and blotched with yellow. H. Cali- 

 fornicus grows six feet high, and is one of the best 

 of the double sunflowers, the petals being of a 

 rich orange shade. H. globosus fistulosus is also 

 six feet high, with double saffron flowers. H. 

 Peruvianas has double orange flowers, striped 

 black. H. nanus flor pleno, or Globe of Gold, is 

 a dwarf plant four feet high, with very double 

 flowers of golden yellow. H. sulphurus, or 

 Sulphur Gem, is a well-branched plant, bear- 

 ing single sulphur-yellow flowers with a black 

 centre. It continues in bloom until frost and 

 is a desirable variety. H. multiflorus, or Thou- 

 sand-flowered, is a tall variety which bears 

 numbers of golden-yellow flowers with small 

 black centres. H. macrophyllus giganteus is a 

 branching pyramidal-shaped plant, six feet high 

 with yellow flowers. The Giant, or Mammoth 

 Russian, bears immense single heads of flowers, 

 and is said to be cultivated frequently for its 

 seeds, which are used as chicken feed, but my 



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