THE FLOWER GAEDEN. 



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value; hence only those kinds that last longest, 

 are easily grown, and are the most showy, can 

 nave a place in this 



List of Hakdy Annuals. 



Half-Hakdy Annuals. 



Alyssum maritimiiin. 

 Bartonia aurea. 

 ■Calliopsis atrosanguiuea. 

 •C. corouata. 

 Candytufts (various). 

 Clarkia elegans. 

 C. elegans rosea, fl. pi. 

 <C. integripetala. 

 C. integripetala alba. 

 'C. pulchella. 

 Collinsia alba. 

 <J. bicolor. 

 C. grandiflora. 

 Convolvulus minor (dark 

 blue). 



Esclisclioltzia californica. 

 E. flore-pleno. 

 ■Oilia tricolor. 

 (t. tricolor rosea spleudens. 

 •Oodetia, Lady AlbemarJe. 

 G. Duchess of Albany. 

 ■G. rubicunda. 

 Larkspurs (variovis). 

 iimnanthus Douglasi, 

 L. grandiflora. 

 Linaria bipartita splendida. 

 Lupins (various). 



Linum grandiflorum cocci- 



neum. 

 Mignonette. 

 Nasturtiums (various). 

 Nemophila atomaria. 

 N. insignis. 

 N. maculata. 

 Sweet Peas (various). 

 Sweet Eockets. 

 Sanvitalia procumbens. 

 S. flore-pleno. 

 Sapouaria calabrica. 

 Scabious (dwarf double). 

 S. sweet. 



Scbizantbus grandiflorus 



oculatus. 

 S. pinnatus. 

 Silene peudula. 

 S. pendula compacta. 

 S. pendula ruberrima. 

 S. pendula (double). 

 Sweet Sultan (purx^le). 

 S. Saltan (white). 

 S. Sultau (yellow). 

 Virginian Stock (red) . 

 V. white. 



"Whitlavia grandiflora. 



Half- hardy kinds are indispensable for sum- 

 mer display, and, being more germ-ally grown than 

 the preceding, their culture is better understood. 

 All the kinds require the shelter of a frame or hand- 

 light to raise them successfully, and most of them a 

 slight hot-bed, such as that which is derived from a 

 bed made of two-thirds leaves to one of stable-litter. 

 The soil should be light and fine, and the seeds be 

 covered very thinly in rows six inches ai)art. The 

 finer seeds, such as Amaranthus, are best sown in pots 

 and pans and plunged in the bottom-heat. The 

 lights or frames should be kept closed till the seeds 

 have germinated, when air should be given freely, 

 and gradually increased till the plants can be fully 

 exposed. Thin out when about an inch high, plant- 

 ing the seedlings in some sunny spot, to be protected 

 at night with nf^tting or mats, or, if cold frames are 

 available, prick them out in these. Stocks, and 

 others that make lengthy tap-roots, are the better if 

 pricked out on soil resting on a hard bottom, to pre- 

 vent the roots descending, as they then make side- 

 rootlets that transplant with soil attached — a very 

 necessary condition, for Stocks especially, which are 

 proverbially bad plants to move. Time of sowing 

 must to some extent be dependent on the time they 

 are required to flower ; if early, sow in ]March and 

 successionally to the middle of JNIay, then a succes- 

 sion of flower will be secm-ed from June to 

 October. 



List of kinds. — The following are the best and 

 most generally useful of this section : — 

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Acrocliuium roseum. 

 A. album. 



Amarauthus bicolor. 

 A. melancholicus ruber. 

 Asters (various). 

 Balsams. 

 Bartonia aurea. 

 Brachycome iberidifolia. 

 Downingia elegans. 

 D. pulchella. 



Gaillardia hybrida grandi- 

 flora. 

 Gourds. 



Helichrysum (various). 

 Ice Plant. 

 African Marigolds. 

 French Marigolds. 



Matricaria nana aurea 



ciispa. 

 Nicotiana aflinis. 

 Palava flexuosa. 

 Phlox Drummondii 



(various). 

 Portulacas (various). 

 Salpiglossis. 

 Stock, German. 

 S., Ten- week, 

 S., Intermediate. 

 S., East Lothian. 

 Tagetes signata pumi'.a. 

 Tropoeolum canariense. 

 Tropacolum Lobbianiim. 

 Zinnia elegans. 



Biennials. — These, as the word implies, do not 

 flower the first year of sowing ; but this constitutes 

 almost the whole of the difference in their culture 

 and that of Annuals. All the kinds are hardy ; at 

 least hardy enough to withstand our ordinary 

 winters. Brompton Stocks, Wallflowers, and Rockets 

 sometimes succumb; but a little protection, in the 

 shape of leaves or litter, when the weather is 

 exceptionally severe, will save them. 



For most districts, the best time to sow the whole 

 of the kinds is about midsummer. Select a well- 

 drained border, with a sunny exposure, but sheltered 

 from east and north winds. Prepare the soil by 

 digging deeply and applying a dressing of leaf- 

 mould ; then draw drills six to nine inches asunder, 

 sow, and cover with soil to a depth of half-an-inch, 

 and the operation is complete. As soon as the plants 

 are large enough to be thinned out, the surplus 

 should be afforded the same favourable position as 

 the seed-bed. The time to permanently transplant 

 varies from September to February; for, though 

 they may do well transplanted in autumn when the 

 plants are thus isolated, there is a risk of their 

 being destroyed by vermin or frost ; hence we prefer 

 to leave them together till February when, if needs 

 be, they can be protected. 



Li st. — The following are the most generally use- 

 ful kinds : — 



Anchiisa italica. 

 Canterbury BeHs. 

 Catananche bicolor. 

 C. coernlea. 

 Foxgloves. 

 French Honeysuckle 



and white. 

 Honesty. 



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T-^dian Pinkp. 

 Peutstemons. 

 i^weet Eockets. 

 Sweet Scabious. 

 Brompton Stock. 

 Sweet Williams. 

 Wallflowers. 



Where to Plant and How to Arrange. — 



Having enumerated all the kinds that w^e have 

 proved effective in various positions, it only remains 

 to indicate such positions, of course premising that 

 the soil is of a lightish nature, deeply dug and well 

 manured. The most appropriate place for most of 

 the kinds are the hardy herbaceous borders, where 

 they should be planted in clumps of from three to 



