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ZINNIA VIOLACEA COCCINEA. 
(violet COLOURED ZINNIA SCARLET VARIETY.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
COMPOSITE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx ovate, imbricate, cylindrical. Receptacle chaffy. Pappus awned. Florets 
of the ray 5 to 10, entire. 
Specific Character. — Plant annual. Stem from 18 inches to 2 feet high, covered with bristle-like hairs. 
Leaves opposite, ovate, acute, clasping the stem. Flowers light purple. 
Variety Coccinea. — Flowers bright scarlet. Ray like the species. Calyx greenish yellow, imbricate. 
Leaves rich light green, opposite, clasping the stem. Stem growing 2 feet high, covered thickly with 
rigid bristle-like hairs. Plant annual. 
Seeds of this beautiful variety of Zinna were brought,, amongst many other 
things., from Palermo, by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It far surpasses any 
other species or variety at present known. 
All the plants of this genus are annuals, and are cultivated with the greatest 
ease, when treated as half hardy. The seeds require to be sown on a hot-bed in 
March, as recommended for other half hardy annuals (page 19), and by the end of 
May, or when the spring frosts are over, may be transplanted into the open borders, 
or placed in pots, at the option of the cultivator. The soil is a light rich loam. 
