AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



gainly double ones. I have always planted my 

 seeds in the open ground in early spring with 

 good results, and have not yet succeeded in get- 

 ting the seeds to live over the winter from fall 

 planting. 



Mirabilis Jale^a, Four-o'clock, or Marvel 

 OF Peru, is a perennial plant in a warm climate, 

 but in northern regions it is treated as a half- 

 hardy annual. It grows to a height of about 

 three feet, bearing red, rose, crimson, white, lilac, 

 purple, or variegated flowers, about one inch in 

 diameter. It does best in the warm sunshine, 

 and it can be propagated either by saving the 

 roots in sand over the winter or more easily from 

 seeds. The seeds are large, and can be gathered 

 just as they are ready to drop, or from the ground 

 beneath. 



The genus Amaranthus gives us some plants 

 which are useful under certain circumstances. A. 

 Henderi is a foliage plant growing two feet high, 

 with drooping leaves of rosy carmine, orange, 

 buff, golden yellow, and olive green. If planted 

 in rich ground in bright sunshine and given 

 plenty of room, it has a striking effect. A. tri- 

 color, or Joseph's Coat, is a similar plant three 

 feet high with leaves of red, yellow, and green. 



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