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pulchella ; Phlox Drummondii, with its varieties ; Campanula stricta ; Ipo- 
mopsis elegans; Argemone grandiflora ; Didiscus coeruleus ; Ipomopsis 
elegans ; Hunnemannia fumarisfolia; Ageratum Mexicanum ; Limnan- 
thus Douglassii ; Blumenbachia incana, multifida ; Heliophila araboides ; 
Hibiscus Africanus ; Cosmus tenuifolius ; Calandrina discolor, grandiflora ; 
Loasa tricolor, insignis, lateritia ; Anagallis Indica, lilacina ; Salpiglossis 
straminea ; Amaranthus caudatus. 
Tender Annuals—Impatiens Balsamina, Browallia elata, Celosia cristata 
(cockscomb), Gomphreena globosa ; Solanum melongena ; Ipomea Quamo- 
clit ; Mimosa pudici (humble plant), sensitiva (sensitive plant). Thunber- 
gia alata; Hedysarum gyrans, or moving plant, which, in our hot-houses, 
often endure for two seasons (as do also Mimosa pudica and sensitiva) ; Bro- 
wallia grandiflora; Cleome rosea, heterophylla; Scyphanthus elegans, 
Loasa Pentlandica ; Martynia proboscidea ; Lisianthus Russellianus. 
We have here enumerated only a small selection of spe- 
cies,* out of a multitude which is continually receiving ac- 
cessions. A good many of the sorts mentioned have been 
introduced during the last twenty years; and we doubt not 
that, in an equal period from the present, many more will 
come into notice. 
Before leaving this part of the subject, it may be proper 
to mention that it is now the practice of some florists to 
grow and treat as annuals, or rather as biennials, great 
quantities of the more hardy Pelargonia, Verbenex, Salviz, 
Fuchsiz, Petunie, and other genera. Grown in moderate 
sized pots, they are kept in reserve in frames or cold vine- 
ries during winter. About the end of May, or as soon as 
there is no longer any apprehension of injury from frost, 
the plants are taken out of the pots and plunged into the 
open ground, in any warm sunny spot or clump in the flower 
garden. If the stems be long or naked, they are pegged to 
the earth. Towards the middle of July they begin to grow 
vigorously, and in August or September present, in luxuri- 
ance at least, a better specimen of their native vegetation 
* Additi mal listsin Appendix. 
