APPENDIX. 



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HALF-HARDY ANNUALS— contd. 



■GIGANTEA PURPUREA, purple fl. ; 4ft. 



suaveolens, white fl., sweetly scented 

 morning and evening ; 2ft. ; July and 

 August. 



Palava 



FLEXUOSA, rosy-pink Mallow-like fl. ; 

 ift.; June, rhombifolia, fl. rose- 

 coloured. 



Perilla 



ATROPURPUREA LACINIATA, deep 

 brown laciniated 1. ; useful for sum- 

 mer bedding, ocymoides, fl. white; 



July. 

 Phlox 



Drummondi Defiance, cinnabar- 

 red ; 6in. D. Snowball, pure white ; 

 ■6in. D. Triumph, compact, brilliant 

 sc. ; 1 ft. 



Rhodanthe 



maculata, rosy-purple with cr. 

 circle; ijft. M. ALBA, silvery- 

 white fl. 



Ricinus 



BORBONENSIS ARBOREUS, large 

 bronzy-green 1. ; 5ft. cambodgensis, 

 1. purple ; 5ft. cinerascens, brown- 

 purple 1., changing to dark green. 

 Gtbsoni atrosanguineus, 1. cr. ; 

 5ft. macrocarpds, silvery-bronze 

 stems. 



Salpiglossis 



Beauty, fl. cr.-brown, marked with 

 orange. Dwarf Mixed, various 

 colours; ijft. Princess Ida, fl. 

 creamy-white, marked with gold. The 

 Moor, rich copper-coloured fl. Violet 

 Queen, violet, marked with purple ; 



.2ft. 



Salvia 



COCCINEA, fl. sc. ; Ijft. ; July. 

 patens, rich deep blue ; 2ft. 



Schizanthus 



CANDIDUS, fl. white ; 2ft. ; July. 

 grandiflorus albus, fl. white with 

 yel. eye; ijft. papilionaceus, 

 spotted purple and yel., shading to cr. ; 

 I Jft. PYRAMIDALIS COMPACTA, violet- 

 purple, spotted with black; ijft. 

 retusus albus, fl. white and yel. 



Torenia 



cordifolia, fl. pale blue, 4m. to 

 8in. ; July. FLAVA, fl. yel., with 

 purple eye ; 6in. to ioin. Fournieri 

 grandiflora, fl. sky-blue, spotted 

 with indigo and yel. ; 91m F. White 

 Swan, large white fl. F. White 

 Wings, white, flushed with rose. 



Tropaeolum 



Lobbianum Brilliant, bright sc, 

 with cr. throat. L. Cardinal, small 

 dark sc. fl. L. Spitfire, bright fiery 

 red; graceful climbers. Tom Thumb 

 Empress of India, brilliant cr., with 

 rich velvety gloss ; dark green 1. ; 9m. 

 T. T. Ladybird, rich golden-yel. 

 edged with ruby; ift. T. T. Terra 

 Cotta, very showy; fl. of a coppery- 

 buff; ift. ; July to September. 



Zinnia 



grandiflora, fl. very large, with 

 broad petals, of various colours; Ijft. 

 Haageana, single golden fl., striped 

 with orange ; ift. ; July and August. 

 H. FLORE pleno, dbl.-flowered form ; 

 ift. H. PUMILA FLORE PLENO, fl. 



golden-striped orange ; 6in. Minia- 

 ture Pompone, various brilliant 

 colours ; 6in. 



Beet (Beta) 



Brazilian, large handsome 1., suit- 

 able for sub-tropical gardening; 2^ft. 

 DraC/ENA - leaved, with recurved 

 cr. 1. The Shah, very dark cr. 1. 



Bromus 



BRIZ/EFORMIS, ornamental grass, 

 ■suitable for bouquets ; I ft. 



Carduus 



MARIANUS, green and white varie- 

 gated 1. ; 3ft. tauricus (Onopordon 

 iauricum), fine ornamental Thistle, 



Biennials (p. 255 to p. 259). 



having large woolly silvery 1, and 

 golden fl.; 6ft. 



Leptosyne 



gigantea, of quick growth, yel. 

 Sunflower-shaped fl. ; 4ft. to 6ft. 



Michauxia 



CAMPANULOIDES, branching spikes 

 of white fl. tinged with rose, somewhat 

 resembling Passion-fl. ; 3ft. ; July 

 and August, laevigata, fl. white 

 9ft. or 10ft. ; August. 



