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value; hence only those kinds that last longest, 

 are easily grown, and are the most showy, can 

 liave a place ia this 



List of Hardy Annuals, 



Half-Haudy Annuals. 



Alyssuin maritimniii. 



Bartonia aurea. 



Calliopsis atrosanguiuea. 



C. corouata. 



Candytufts (various). 



ClarMa elegaus. 



C. elegans rosea, H. pi. 



C. integxipetala. 



C. integripetala alba. 



C. pulcliella. 



CoUinsia alba, 



C, bicolor. 



C. grandiflora. 



Convolvulus minor (dark 



blue). 

 Eschscholtzia califomica. 

 E. flore-pleno. 

 Gilia tricolor. 



«T. tricolor rosea splendeus. 

 Godetia, Lady Albemarle. 

 G. Ducbess of Albany. 

 G. rubicunda. 

 Larkspurs (various). 

 Limnantbus Douglasi; 

 L. grandifiora. 

 Linaria bipartita splendida. 

 Lupins (various). 



Linum grandiflorum cocci- 



neum. 

 Mignonette. 

 Nasturtiums (various), 

 Nemopbila atomaria. 

 N. insignis. 

 N. maculata. 

 Sweet Peas (various). 

 Sweet Rockets. 

 Sanvitalia procumbeiis. 

 S. fl.ore-;pleno. 

 Sapouaria calabriea. 

 Scabious (dwarf double). 

 S. sweet. 

 Sobizanthus graadiflorus 



oculatus. 

 S. pinnatus. 

 Silene pendula. 

 S. pendula compacta. 

 S. pendula ruberrima. 

 S. pendula (double). 

 Sweet Sultan (pui-ple). 

 S. Sultan (white). 

 S. Sultan (yellow). 

 Vii^inian Stock (red). 

 T. wbite. 

 "Whitlavia grandifiora. 



Half-hardy kinds are indispensable for sum- 

 mer display, and, being m'ore generally grown than 

 the preceding, their culture is better understood. 

 All the kinds require the shelter of a frame or hand- 

 light to raise them successfullj", and most of them a, 

 slight hot-bed, such as that which is derived from a 

 bed made of two-thirds leaves to one of stable-litter. 

 The soil should be light and fine, and the seeds be 

 covered very thinly in rows six inches apart. The 

 finer seeds, such as Amaranthus, are best sown in pots 

 and pans and plunged in the bottom-heat. The 

 lights or frames should be kept closed till the seeds 

 have germinated, when air should he given freely, 

 and gradually increased till the plants can be fully 

 exposed. Thin out when about an inch high, plant- 

 ing the seedlings in some sunny spot, to be protected 

 at night with netting or mats, or, if cold frames are 

 available, prick them out in these. Stocks^ and 

 others that make lengthy tap-roots, are the hetter if 

 pricked out on soil resting on a hard bottom, to pre- 

 vent the roots descending, as they then make side- 

 rootlets that transplant with soil attached— -a, very 

 necessary condition, for Stocks especially, which are 

 proverbially bad plants to move. Time of sowing 

 must to some extent be dependent on the time they 

 are required to flower ; if eai-ly, sow in March and 

 successionally to the middle of May, then a succes- 

 sion of flower will be secured from June to 

 October. 



List of kinds.— The following are the best and 

 most generally useful of this section : — 

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Acrocliuium roseum. 

 A, album. 

 Amaranthus bicolor. 



A. melanchollcus ruber. 

 Asters (various). 

 Balsams. 



Bartonia aurea. 

 brachycome iberidifolia, 

 Downingia elegans. 



B. pulcbella. 



Gaillardia bybrida graudi- 



flora. 

 Gourds. 



Helichrysum (various). 

 Ice Plant. 

 African XCarigolds. 

 Frencb Marigolds. 



Matricaria nana aurea 



crispa. 

 Nicotiana afiinis. 

 Falava flexuosa. 

 Phlox Drummondii 



(various). 

 Portulacas (various). 

 Salpiglossia. 

 Stock, German. 

 S., Ten- week. 

 S., Intermediate. 

 S., East Lothian. 

 Tagetes signata pumila. 

 Tropceolum canariense. 

 Tropaeolura Lobbidnum. 

 Zinnia elegaus. 



Biennials.— These, as the word implies, do not 

 flower the first year of sowing ; but this constitutes 

 almost the whole of the difference in their culture 

 and that of Annuals. All the kinds are hardy ; at 

 least hardy enough to withstand our ordinary 

 winters. Brompton Stocks, Wallflowers, and Rockets 

 sometimes succumb; but a little protection, in the 

 shape of leaves or litter, when the weather is 

 exceptionally severe, will save them. 



For most districts, the best time to sow the whole 

 of the kinds is about midsummer. Select a well- 

 drained border, with a sunny exposure, but sheltered 

 from east and north winds. Prepare the soil by 

 digging deeply and applying a dressing of leaf- 

 mould ; then draw drills six to nine inches asunder, 

 sow, and cover with soil to a depth of half-an-inch, 

 and the operation is complete. As soon as the plants 

 are large enough to be thinned out, the surplus 

 should be afforded the same favourable position as 

 the seed-bed. The time to permanently transplant 

 varies from September to February; for, though 

 they may do well transplanted in autumn when the 

 plants are thus isolated, there is a risk of their 

 being destroyed by vermin or fi-ost ; hence we prefer 

 to leave them together till February when, if needs 

 be, they can be protected. 



List. — The following are the most generally use- 

 ful kinds : — 



Anchusa italica. 



Canterbury Bells. 



Catananche bicolor. 



C. ccerulea. 



Foxgloves. 



French Honeysuckle, red 



and white. 

 Honesty. 



Indian Pinks. 

 PeBtstemons. 

 Sweet Eockets. 

 Sweet Scabious. 

 Brompton Stock. 

 Sweet 'Williams. 

 Wallflowers. 



WTiere to Plant and 'H.o-w to Arrange. — 



Having enumerated all the kinds that we have 

 proved effective in various positions, it only remains 

 to indicate such positions, of course premising that 

 the soil is of a lightish nature, deeply dug and well 

 manured. The most appropriate place for most of 

 the kinds are the hardy herbaceous borders, where 

 they should be planted in clumps of from three to 



