THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — ANNUALS 



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Erysimum Perofskianum ; Arkansanum. 



Eschscholtzias, in several varieties (Fig. 249). 



Gaillardia picta. 



GUia achillesefolia ; capitata ; laciniata ; tricolor. 



Iberis affinis. 



Lavatera alba. 



Matthiolas or stocks. 



CEnothera rosea ; Lamarckiana ; 



Phlox Drummondii. [Drummondii. 



Podolepis affinis ; chrysantha. 



Salvia coccinea; farinacea; Horminum. 



Verbenas. 



Vicia Gerardi. 



Virginian stocks. 



Viscaria elegans ; oculata ; Coeli-rosa. 



244. Pansies. 



Idst of annuals suitable for bedding (that 

 is, for "mass effects " of color). 



A list of this kind is necessarily both incomplete and im- 

 perfect, because good new varieties are frequently appearing, 

 and the taste of the gardener must be consulted. Any plants 

 may be used, broadly speaking, for bedding; but the following 

 list (given in terms of trade names) suggests some of the best 

 subjects to use when beds of solid, strong color are desired. 



Adonis sestivalis ; autumnalis. 



Ageratum Mexicanum ; Mexicanum, Dwarf. 



Bartonia aurea. 



Cacalia. 



Calendula officinalis, in several forms ; pluvialis ; Pongei ; sulphurea, 



fl. pi. ; suffruticosa. 

 Calliopsis bicolor marmorata ; cardaminefolia ; elegans picta. 

 Callirrhoe involucrata ; pedata ; pedata nana. 

 Centaurea Americana; Cyanus, Victoria Dwarf Compact; Cyanus 



minor ; suaveolens. 

 China asters. 

 Chrysanthemum Burridgeanum ; carinatum ; coronarium ; tricolor. 



