ALPHABETICAL LIST, WITH DESCRIP- 
TION AND CULTURE, OF THE BEST 
ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS 
N.B . — In the following pages h.a. denotes hardy annual ; 
h. h. a., half-hardy annual ; g.a., greenhouse annual ; biennial 
is written in full. 
Ageratum mexicanum ; h.h.a. ; 18 inches. — 
Excellent bright, light purple-flowered plants 
for late summer, with dwarf varieties good for 
front edges of borders ; of these Swanley Blue is 
one of the best. They can be sown out of doors 
in a seed bed in the southern counties and trans- 
planted from this, but are generally raised in 
slight heat. 
Alonsoa Warscewiczii ; h.h.a. ; 18 inches 
and 2 feet. — This is the best of the several kinds 
of Alonsoa ; there are tall and short varieties, 
both equally good. It forms a cloud of the 
pretty bloom of a soft orange-scarlet colour and 
can be planted fairly close together — about 6 
inches apart. Cottagers sometimes grow it 
with great success as a pot plant, a single 
plant forming quite a large specimen. 
Althaea rosea is the grand Hollyhock so well 
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