ON ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 



useful for the same purpose, the plants being literally covered 



^vith flowers in the sprino- 



Virginian Stocks. — Malcolmia maritima 

 flowering annual^ easy of culture in any 

 If sown in April, it will flower in June, 

 sowings it may be had in flower from then until September. It 

 grows from 6in. to i2in. high, and has lilac, rose, red, and 

 white flowers. 



is a well-known free- 

 ordinary garden soil, 

 and by successional 



ViscARiA (now in- 

 cluded under Lychnis) 

 is a genus which 

 yields several beauti- 

 ful plants suitable for 

 small beds or for 

 masses in the border. 

 In nurserymen's cata- 

 logues they are de- 

 scribed as hardy 

 annuals, whilst some 

 authorities prefer to 

 class them as peren- 

 nials. Seed may be 

 sown in autumn 

 for spring flower- 

 ing, and again 

 in spring for 

 summer display. 

 V. cardinalis has 

 brilliant magenta 

 flowers, and grows ift. 

 in height. V. oailata 

 has bright pink flowers, 

 with a purple eye. It 

 growls from Sin. to 

 i2in. high, and flowers 

 in July. A form having 

 scarlet flowers striped 

 with white is known as 

 the "Carnation-striped." 

 It grows i^ft. high. 



Fig. 



129. — Whitlavia grandiflora 

 (Phacelia Whitlavia). 



Whitlavia grandi- 

 flora (Fig. 129) is a 

 profuse - blossoming 



annual, with pretty Gloxinia-Kke flowers, and is charming in beds 

 and borders during spring and summer. It grows ift. high, 

 and has numerous violet-purple flowers. The variety alba differs 

 only from the type in having pure white flowers. The variety 



