LIST OF FLOAVERS 



during late summer and autumn. Z. californica (vermilion) and 

 Z. splendens (scarlet) are the two best-known varieties. 



ZINNIA. A half-hardy annual which has been much improved 

 of late years and now ranks as one of the most effective of our bed- 

 ding plants, especially the double varieties, which are of dwarfer 

 and more compact growth than the singles, and with stems less 

 liable to get damaged — an important point. The flowers have a 

 wide range of colour, comprising many shades of scarlet, crimson, 

 purple, orange, yellow and white, and their brilliance is little affected 

 by inclement weather. But the plant itself is delicate and needs a 

 sheltered, sunny situation, and should not be bedded out before 

 June nor the seeds sown before the first week in AprU, even in heat, 

 for the seedlings do not transplant very easily if they are too fully 

 grown. Sowing may be made in the open about the middle of May, 

 and a good display may be obtained by this method. A rich, fine 

 soil and a sunny, sloping border (for drainage is essential) should be 

 prepared and three or four seeds dropped in together at distances 

 of 12 to 15 inches apart, the seedlings being eventually thinned 

 out to one at each spot. 



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