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PKACTICE OF GAEDENING. 



Common Marigold {Calendula officinalis). Fl. in June. Orange. 

 Great Cape Marigold (C. hyhrida). Fl. in June. "White. 

 Lindley's (Enottiera {CEnotliera Lindleyii). Fl. in June. Pink. 

 Annual Xeranthemum {Xeranthemum annuum). Fl. in July. Purple 

 Twiggy Strawberry Elite {Blitum virgatum). Fl. in July. Red. 

 Pinnate Schizanthus {Schizanthus pinnatus). Fl. in July. White 

 and purple. 



Spreading Schizanthus (^S'. porrigens). Fl. in July. White and 

 purple. 



Retuse Schizanthus {S. retusiis). Fl. in July. Crimson and yellow. 

 Greater Convolvulus {Convolvulus major). Fl. in July. Various 

 colours. 



Varieties of the Somniferous Poppy {Fapaver somnifera, var.). Fl. 



in July. Various colours. 

 ^])3imsh Fermel Flower {Nigella Hispanica). Fl. in July. White. 

 Yellow Lupin {Lupinus luteus). Fl. in July. Yellow. 

 African Hibiscus {Hibiscus africanus). Fl. in July. White and 



brown. 



Glutinous Hawkweed {HieroA^ium glutinosum). Fl. in July. Yellow. 

 Spreading African Marigold {Tagetes patula). Fl. in July. Orange. 

 Paradoxical Nolana (iSTb^ana p<xm<io.m). Fl. in August. Blue. 

 Hairy Lupin {Lupinus hirsutus). Fl. in August. Blue. 

 Melancholy Amaranth (Amarantus JippochondriaGUs). Fl. in Aug. 

 D.irk red. 



Love lies bleeding {A. caudatus). Fl. in August. Red. 

 Sweet Sultan {Centaitrea moschata). Fl. in August. Purple, 

 Dark purple Salpiglossis {Salpiglossis atropurpurea). Fl. in August. 

 Purple. 



Fine-leaved (Enothera {CEnothera tenuifoUa). Fl. in Aug. Yellow. 

 Rose of Heaven {Lychnis coeli rosea). Fl. in x^ugust. Pink. 

 Golden Bartonia {Bartonia aurea). Fl. in July and Aug. Yellow. 

 Broad-rayed Callichroa {Calliohroa platyglossa). Fl. in July and 



August. Yellow. 

 Lore's Bell-flower {Campanula Lorei). Fl.in July and August. Blue. 

 Peroffski's Hedge Mustard {Erysimum Peroffskianum). Fl. in June 



and July. Orange. 

 Viscid Eutoca {Eutoca viscida). Fl. in July and August. Blue. 

 Thrice-cut Malope (Malope trijida). Fl. in June and July. Red. 



The cultivation of annual flowers is so exceedingly sim- 

 ple, and is conducted in such a perfectly natural manner, 

 that few directions appear to be necessary. Indeed, many 

 of them, if left to themselves, would scatter their own 

 seeds, and thus reproduce themselves without the assist- 

 ance of man. Were this, however, allowed to take place, 

 the garden, instead of being a model of neatness and good 

 order, would soon become a wilderness of confusion ; and 

 the plants, instead of being arranged so as to have a 

 pleasing variety of colours, would grow in dense masses of 

 one sort and colour, and all order and regularity, which, to 



