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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



6.— ON BEDDING PLANTS. 



Summer Bedders (p. 169 to p. 183). 



Begonia 



Bavaria, rosy-violet fl. Bertinii, 

 bright vermilion fl. CARRIERII, pure 

 white fl. L'avenir, fl. reddish-sc, dbl., 

 of Multiflora type, semperflorens 

 Vernon, dark bronze 1., brilliant red 

 fl. s. Zulu King, 1. very dark red ; 

 fl. bright sc. Surpasse Davisi, dbl., 

 very dark red fl. ; bronzy I. 



Calceolaria 



Bijou, bronzy cr. fl., very free 

 flowering. Canariensis, primrose- 

 yel. fl. Crimson Queen, bright cr. 

 fl. Invincible, dwarf compact habit ; 

 very large fl. in enormous trusses, 

 canary-yel. Prince of Wales, large 

 bright cr. fl. RuGOSA, yel. ; ift. 



Gaillardia 



Addison, cr., edged with gold. 

 George Kelway, large cr. gold-edged 

 fl. James Kelway, very large dazzling 

 sc. with gold edge. Mr. Pitcher, 

 deep fiery cr. with narrow gold edge. 

 Oliver Wendell Holmes, richly 

 coloured cr. and gold. Ormonde, cr. 

 edged with yel. splendidissima 

 Plenissima, dbl., cr. with gold edge; 

 an excellent bedder. St. Blaise, 

 blood-red, slightly edged yel. Vivian 

 GREY,yel.-fringed fl. William Kel- 

 way, large brilliant cr., gold-edged. 



Gaura 



Lindheimeri, long branched spikes 

 of rose and white fl. ; 3ft. ; June to 

 August. 



Heliotrope 



Bouquet ParfumS, deep violet fl., 

 white eyes. Lady Molesworth, 

 dark purple fl. La Lorraine, reddish- 



violet, yel. eye. Madame A. Somer- 

 set, light blue. Madame Bruant, 

 bluish-mauve with white centre. 



Marguerite, or Paris Daisy 



Elegans, large white fl. with 

 brownish-yel. centre. Feu d'Or, large 

 golden-yel. fl. ; 2ft. Golden Gem, 

 large pure yel. fl. Halleri, large- 

 white Daisy-like fl. Kelway's Gem, 

 dwarf, with shining, yel. fl. Reve 

 d'Or, yel. fl. 



Mimulus 



cupreus Prince Bismarck, rich 

 deep velvety cr. fl. ; 6in. Fire King, 

 fl. yel., margined fiery sc. Lewisi, pale 

 purple; ift. ; June to September. 

 Tillingi, fine golden-yel. ; ift. ; May 

 to October. 



Pelargonium 



Can dace, rich deep cr. fl. 

 Flamingo, sc.-shaded rose. James. 

 Kelway, vivid sc, zonal. John 

 Forbes, rich cr.-sc. fl. John Gibbons, 

 orange-sc, zonal. Mrs. Holden, deep- 

 rose, upper petals blotched white. Mrs. 

 Turner, purplish - pink ; vigorous. 

 White Clipper, white ; free 

 flowering. 



Petunia 



compacta Rose Superbe, of bushy 

 growth, brilliant rose-coloured fl. ; ift. 

 Countess of Ellesmere, rose with 

 white throat ; 9m. Dr. Daniel, cr. 

 maroon, white throat. Eclipse, bright 

 red with white edge. Hercules, rosy- 

 lilac, veined violet. Mrs. S. Hibberd, 

 white, striped from centre with maroon. 

 Snowball, dwarf, satiny-white fl. 

 Spitfire, bright purple-shaded cr. 



Abutilon 



Sub-Tropical Bedders (p. 183 to p. 191). 

 Acanthus 



Boule de Neige, white fl. Dar- 

 wini majus, bright orange fl., deeply 

 veined. D. tesselatum, 1. mottled 

 with yel. Emperor, fl. rich purple. 

 Lady of the Lake, rich pink fl. 

 Sellowianum marmoratum, large 

 Maple-like 1., mottled with bright 

 yel. Yellow Prince, rich golden- 

 yel. fl. 



longifolius, large spikes of pink 

 fl. ; 2ft. to 3ft. ; June and July, mol- 

 lis, heart-shaped 1., large fl. in long 

 white spikes; 3ft. ; July to September. 

 m. latifolius, a robust form of 

 mollis, also known as lwsitanicus. 

 Niger, purplish-white ; shining green 

 1. ; July and August, spinosissimus, 

 fl. rose, on large spike ; 1- spiny, spines 



