The col- 
HUNNEMANNIA, Nat. Ord. Papaverace(E. 
Hunnemannia fumarisefolia is a beautiful herbaceous perennial, from Mexico, but one, we 
regret, not hardy in Northern latitudes. Fortunately, however, the plant makes a rapid growth, 
arrives at maturity and flowers the first 
season. We, at the North, therefore, can 
treat the Hunnemannia as an annual, and 
by sowing the seed every spring enjoy its 
beauty as well as those who are blessed 
with a more favorable climate. The 
plant makes a growth of about two feet ;. 
the flowers are bright yellow and tulip- 
formed. We are always pleased with this flower, and can, therefore, recommend its culture. 
KAULFUSSIA, Nat. Ord. Compositce. 
AULFUSSIAS are pretty, little, free flowering, hardy annuals, having the 
appearance of single Asters, but the ray florets curl back in a very 
curious way, after the flower has been expanded 
a short time. The plants make a low growth, 
only being about six inches in height, and 
would be excellent for bedding, only that they 
make their growth early in the season, and 
bloom and ripen their seed long before we are 
prepared to dispense with any bedding plant 
that has been enlisted in the work of ornament- 
ing our lawns or gardens. There are many, 
however, who, despite this fault, are very much attached to the pretty little Kaulfussia 
ors of all the varieties are good, and of some very intense. 
LEPTOSIPHON, Nat. Ord. Polemoniacece. 
EPTOSIPHONS are low, pretty, hardy, California annuals, growing less- 
than six inches in height, and bearing clusters of delicate little flow- 
ers. Like many other Cali- 
fornia annuals, they do not 
seem to bear our hot dry sum- 
mers very well, but do not 
suffer by either wet or cold. 
They are so perfectly hardy 
that we have always suc- 
ceeded by sowing seed late in 
the autumn or at the earliest 
possible moment in the spring, as we have advised for Clarkia. This course produces early 
spring flowers in abundance. A border on the north side of a fence or building suits them exactly. 
LINUM, (Flax,) Nat. Ord. LinacecE. 
Linum grandiflorum rubrum is a very fine half-hardy annual, with beautiful, bright crimson- 
flowers that continue all through the summer. The habit of the plant 
is neat and slender, like all the Flax family, and it grows to eighteen 
inches or more in height. When planted a 
foot apart, this Flax makes a very good bed. 
We have endeavored to show, in the engrav- 
ing, the habit of the plant, and also the ap- 
pearance of the flower, which is of a brilliant 
scarlet color, and about the size shown in the 
engraving. Seeds germinate best in the hot- 
bed, but will do pretty well if sown in the 
garden in a light soil. Perennial varieties will be found described in the proper department. 
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