ANNUAL FLOWERS — HARDY KINDS. 



is precious too. Treat as previously recommended, and 

 grow a stock in the reserve ground for cutting from. 

 The flowers are quaint in colour, and their perfume is 

 distinct. 



TropseollimS (Nasturlhmis). — These are amongst the 

 brightest of annual flowers, and may be had in separate 

 colours. If the. seeds are grown in distinct batches, the 

 seedlings come true to colour. 

 Of the dwarf or Tom Thumb 

 varieties, the following are 

 effective when massed, 

 eilher in separate beds, or 

 in bold irregular groups in 

 fiont of shrubbery borders: 

 Empress of India, excellent 

 for its effective dark leaves 

 and crimson flowers ; Golden 

 King, bright golden yellow, 

 dark foliage ; King Theodore, 

 glaucous loliage and velvety 

 crimson flowers, a good 

 bedder; Pearl, creamy white ; 

 Tom Thumb Beauty, orange 

 spotted ; King of Tom 

 Thumbs, very dwarf, with 

 dark foliage and scarlet 

 flowers ; and Vesuvius, a 

 compact dark-leaved variety, 

 with crimson flowers borne 

 well above the foliage. 

 Liliput is the name given to a 

 new class of dwaif Nastur- 

 tiums, smaller than the Tom 

 Thumb, both leaves and 

 flowers being diminutive, but 

 the latter are produced in pro- 

 fusion. They make charming 

 plants for beds. The climb- 

 ing annual Nasturtiums are 

 very useful for running over 

 trellises and arches, and for 

 training over the front ol window boxes, 

 may be obtained in several shades, 

 flower all the winter in the conservatory 

 in the border early in summer, and trained up under 

 the roof to make festoons of growth and flower ; 

 but never use it in foggy towns. London fog is fatal. 

 For the garden, the more familiar T. major should be 

 used, and it gives greater variety of colours. The seeds 

 of all the Tropseolums may be sown in March, and the 

 seedlings transplanted anywhere in May. Although the 

 seeds are quite hardy — as when self sown they remain 

 safe in the ground all the winter — the plants will not bear 



exp; sure to frost. Cuttings may be struck, but seed is 

 the quickest and easiest way to raise the plants. 

 Virginian Stock. — There are many forms of this, the 

 colours comprising crimson, yellow, red, and wdiite, and 

 there is a freshness about them which is distinctly 

 charming. Crimson King is a good crimson form. As 

 the plants aie only 6in. in height, they may be used as 

 edgings. Sow the seed 

 quite early in March. 

 ViSCaria. — A brilliant group 

 of annual flowers, I Sin. in 

 height, sometimes less, and 

 very effective in masses or 

 clumps in the border. The 

 most showy is Cardinabs, 

 which has crimson scarlet 

 / / flowers of a wonderfully rich 



shade. Oculata and its 

 blush variety, crerulea, are 

 pretty, and there is a striped 

 kind, scarlet with white 

 streaks, but many care less 

 lor these striped flowers than 

 for the self hues. 



Whitlavia grandiflora. 



— This is pleasing in I he- 

 border, and seed may be 

 sown eilher in the spring or 

 autumn. The flowers remind 

 one in shape of those of 

 the Gloxinia, and a kind 

 named Gloxinioides is so 

 called for this reason. The 

 flower is lavender, with 

 white throat. The type is 

 violet-coloured ; alba is 

 white, and fragrant. 

 Annuals for Autumn 



Sowing (late August and 

 September). Many annual 

 flowers may be sown in the 

 autumn, and bloom earlier in the year, of course, than 

 when sown in spring. All kinds, however, cannot 

 be thus treated, but the following are available: 

 Alyssum, Baitonia aurea, Cacalia coccinea, Calendula 

 or Mangold, Candytufts. Collinsia verna, Corn- 

 flowers, Erysimum, Eschschollzia, Gilia tricolor, 

 Kaulfussia, Layia elegans, Limnanthes Douglasi, 

 Linum grandiflorum, Nemophila, Nigella damascena, 

 Platystemon californicus, Sanvitalia procumbens, 

 Saponaria calabrica, Silene pendula. Sweet Peas, Sweet 

 Sultan, Virginian Stock, and other Stocks, save the ten 

 weeks kinds. 



TROP.EOL UM (Nasturtium). 



T. Lobbi 

 It will 

 if planted 



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