1 158 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



HARDY ANNUALS— contd. 



Saponaria 



CALABRICA, fl. rose ; 6in. to 12m. ; 

 August, c. alba, fl. white; 6in. 

 Scarlet Queen, deep rosy-car. ; 6in. 

 Vaccaria, fl. red; ift. to 2ft.; July. 



Scabiosa 



Black King, dark cr. ; 2ft. Golden 

 King, orange fl. Snowball, pure 

 white dbl. fl. ; 2ft. Velvety Blood- 

 red, i^ft. 



Half-hardy Annuals (p. 240 to p. 255). 



Abronia 



arenaria macrophylla, Verbena- 

 like heads of sweet-scented yel. fl. ; 

 trailing ; July and August. UMBEL- 

 LATA, rosy-pink fl., sweet-scented, u. 

 grandiplora, deep rose-lilac fl. 



Alonsoa 



albiflora, fl. pure white, with yel. 

 eye; Ijft. to 2ft.' cauliata, fl. sc. ; 

 ift. ; June, linifolia gracilis, grace- 

 full. ; orange-sc. fl. ; ijft. 



Amarantus 



bicolor RUBER, 1. cr.-sc. striped 

 with green; ift. Henderi, fl. rosy- 

 car. ; 3ft. salicifolius, long graceful 

 1. of bright orange-red ; 3ft. s. Prin- 

 cess of Wales, 1. car., orange-green, 

 and bright yel. ; 3ft. sanguineus, fl. 

 purple ; 1. blood-red ; July. 



Anagallis 



lilacina, lilac; ift.; May. lini- 

 folia cozrulea, intense blue; 6in. 

 l. Eugenie, blue fl., margined white. 

 Parksii, red fl. 



Arctotis 



calendulacea, orange - coloured 

 Daisy-like fl. ; 6in. ; July and August. 

 C sulphurea, fl. sulphur-yel. 



Aster (China) 



Gold-quilled Yellow King, in- 

 tense yel. fl., full and beautifully quilled. 

 Jewel, globular fl. with incurved 

 petals, of various colours ; ijft. Lady- 

 in-White, beautiful white fl., with 

 overlapping petals ; 15m. Miniature 

 Bouquet, good for edgings, &c. ; 

 numerous small well-formed fl. of 

 various colours; 9m. Ostrich 

 Feather, of branching habit ; large 

 snowy-white fl., with curled and 

 twisted petals; ift. Ray, white and 

 rose fl., having long thread-like quilled 

 petals; ijft. Triumph, deep red, 

 striped white; of compact habit; 

 Pa:ony-like fl. ; 1 ft. ; also a white variety. 



Aster 



sinensis, beautiful single Aster, 

 forming branching bushes ; fl. 3in. 

 across, of a delicate lilac, with yel. 

 centre; 15m. 



Aubergine 



Handsome in fruit; white, sc, 

 purple, &c. ; Ijft. 



Bidens 



atrosanguinea, composite plant ; 

 cr. fl. ferul^folia, fl. yel. ; 2ft. 

 grandiflora, beautiftil yel. fl. ; ijft. 

 striata, ray florets white, disk yel. ; 

 2ft. to 3ft. 



Capsicums 



Ornamental plants, bearing showy, 

 handsome fruits, of various colours; 

 lift. 



Cuphea 



CYANEA, fl. yel. and red; 'July. 

 jorullensis, fl. red ; 2ft. lanceol- 

 ATA, fl. bluish; l£ft;July. L. ALBA, 

 white; free flowering, miniata, 1. 

 covered with white bristles ; fl. sc. ; 

 ift.; June to September, pinetorum, 

 fl. cr. or deep puiple ; I Jft. ; July. 



Impatiens 



amphorata, fl. pale purple, speckled 

 with rose-red ; August. Candida, fl. 

 white; 6in. hybrida nana, fl. pale 

 rose to cr. ; ift. Roylei, branching 

 heads of fl., white to puiple ; 5ft. 

 to 6ft. ; August. Sultani, very free- 

 flowering, sc. ; lift.; June to Sep- 

 tember. 



Marigold 



African y tilled, ift. aurea 

 floribunda, golden-yel. ; 9in. Legion 

 of Honour, large single fl., golden- 

 yel. with dark cr. blotches ; o,in. 



Nicotiana 



acutiflora, fl. pure white ; ift. to 

 2ft. colossa, large deep green 1. ; 5ft.. 



