THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



HARDY ANNUALS— twz/^/. 



Saponaria 



CALABRICA, fl. rose ; 6in. to I2in. ; 

 August, C. ALBA, fl. white; 6in. 

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

 Vaccarl\, fl, red ; ift. to 2ft. ; July. 



Half-hardy Annuals 



Abronia 



ARENARIA MACROPHYLLA, Verbena- 

 like beads of sweet-scented yel. fl, ; 

 trailing ; July and August, UMBEL- 

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

 GRANDIFLORA, deep rose-lilac fl. 



Alonsoa 



ALBIFLORA, fl. pure white, with yel. 

 eye; i^ft. to 2ft." cauliata, fl. sc.; 

 ift. ; June. LINIFOLIA GRACILIS, grace- 

 ful 1. ; orarige-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. 



Anag-allis 



LILACINA, lilac; ift. ; May. lini- 

 FOLIA CGERULEA, intense blue ; 6in. 

 L. Eugenie, blue fl., margined white. 

 Parksii, red fl. 



Arctotis 



CALENDU LACE A, 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. 

 Jeavel, globular fl. with incurved 

 petals, of various colours; ijft. Lady- 

 in-White, beautiful white fl., with 

 overlapping petals ; I5in. Miniature 

 Bouquet, good for edgings, 6cc. ; 

 numerous small well-formed fl. of 

 various colours ; gin. Ostrich 

 Feather, of branching habit ; large 

 snoAvy- white fl., with curled and 

 twisted petals; ift. Ray, white and 

 rose fl., having long thread-like quilled 

 petals ; lift. Triumph, deep red, 

 striped white ; of compact habit ; 

 Paeony-like fl, ; ift,; also a white variety. 



Scabiosa 



Black King, dark cr, ; 2ft, Golden 

 King, orange fl. Snowball, pure 

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

 red, Uft. 



(p. 240 to p. 255). 

 Aster 



SINENSIS, beautiful single Aster, 

 forming branching bushes; fl. 3in. 

 across, of a delicate lilac, with yel. 

 centre ; I5in. 



Aubergine 



Handsome in fruit ; white, sc., 

 purple, ^-c. ; l^t. 



Bidens 



atrosanguinea, composite plant ; 

 cr. fl. FERULiEFOLIA, fl, yel, ; 2ft. 

 GRANDIFLORA, beautiful yel, fl, ; ijft. 

 STRIATA, ray florets white, disk yel. ; 

 2ft. to 3ft, 



Capsicums 



Ornamental plants, bearing sho%vy, 

 handsome fruits, of various colours ; 

 Uft, 



Cuphea 



CYANEA, fl, yel. and red; July. 

 JORULLENSIS, fl. red ; 2ft. LANCEOL- 

 ATA, fl, bluish; i^t; July, l, alba, 

 white ; free flowering, miniata, 1, 

 covered with M'hite bristles ; fl, sc. ; 

 ift, ; June to September, pinetorum, 

 fl, cr, or deep puiple; i^ft, ; July, 



Impatiens 



AMPHORATA, fl, pale purple, speclded 

 with rose-red ; August, CANDIDA, fl, 

 white ; 6in, hybrida nana, fl, pale 

 rose to cr, ; ift. Roylei, branching 

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

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

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

 tember. 



Marig-old 



African quilled, ift. aurea 

 FLORiBUNDA, golden-yel. ; gin. Legion 

 OF Honour, large single fl., golden- 

 3-el. with dark cr. blotches ; gin. 



Nicotiana 



ACUTIFLORA, fl. pure white ; ift. to 

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



