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denomination ever produce their flowers for two or even 

 three successive years ; for this would lead to great errors 

 in practice, as it is well known that many of the varieties of 

 hollyhock continue to exist and flower for several years, 

 though it may be observed, that young plants invariably 

 flower in the greatest perfection. 



This is a limited, and, generally speaking, an uninterest- 

 ing class of plants, as it contains very few species which are 

 at all suitable for small gardens. This, therefore, will 

 sufficiently account for the shortness of the succeeding list. 



SELECT LIST OF HARDY BIENNIAL FLOWERING 

 PLANTS. 



Sad Rocket {Hesperis tristis). Flowers in April. Parple. 

 Strict Flax {Linum s(rictum). Fl. in May. Yellow. 

 Strict Corydalis {Corydalis stActa). Fl. in May. Yellow. 

 Fragrant Rocket (Hesperis fragrans). FL in June. Purple. 

 Dwarf Candy-tuft (Iberis nana). Fl. in June. Purple. 

 Californian Eschscholtzia (Eschscholtzm Calif ornica). Fl. in July. 

 Yellow. 



Caucasean Gentian (Gentiana Caucasea). Fl. in July. Blue. 

 Vinna.te S9.ge (Salvia pinnata). Fl. in July. Purple. 

 Virginian Flax (Linum, 11,7'giniamim). Fl. in July. Yellow. 

 Rose Campion (Agrostemma coronaria). Fl. in July. Red. 



From one to two feet high, and upwards. 

 Queen's Stock (CheirantTais incamis). Fl. in April. White. 

 Sweet-scented (Euothera (CEnothera odorata). Fl. in April. Yellow. 

 Stavesacre (Delphinium staphesagria). Fl. in April. Blue. 

 Broad-leaved Bugloss (Anclnisa latifolia). Fl. in May. Blue. 

 Umbellated Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum umhellatv.m). Fl. in 

 May. Purple. 



Spanish Catchfly (Silene HispanicaX Fl. in June. Cream-coloured. 

 French Honeysuckle (Hedysarura corona riura) . Fl.in June. Scarlet. 

 "White French Honevsuckie (H. coronarium album . Fl. in June. 

 White. 



Greater Snapdragon, and varieties (Antirrhinum majus, et var.). 



Fl. in June. Various colours. 

 Purple Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). Fl. in June. Purple. 

 Officinal Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale). Fl. in June. Red. 

 Biennial Honesty [Lunaria biennis). FJ. in June. Light Purple. 

 Powdered Mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum). Fl. in June. Yellow. 

 Medium Bpll-flower {Campjanula medium). Fl. in June. Blue. 

 Biennial OEnothera ( (Eiiof/iera biennis). Fl. in June. Yellow. 

 Aggregate Pink (Dianthus aggregatus). Fl. in .June. Purple. 

 Yellow Horn Poppy (Glaucium iiavurn). Fl. in June. Yellow. 

 Bundle-flowered Poppy (Papaver floribundum) . Fl, in June. Scarlet. 

 Purple Sheep's Scabious [ScaJbiosa atropurpurea). Fl. in July. 



Purple. 



