Importations from South Africa, Mexico, 
biennials, but for general use it is best to sow in 
early February in slight heat, to prick off into 
shallow boxes, and plant out in May. They are 
some of the best of things for dry walls, when they 
can be planted small or sown in the joints. 
Arctotis grandis ; h.h.a. ; 18 inches. — One 
of the prettiest of the newer annuals, with white 
Daisy flowers on long stalks. Though a native 
of South Africa, it likes a place where it is cool 
and rather damp at the root. The large flowers 
and long stalks make it a useful plant for cutting. 
Argemone [Mexican Poppy) ; h.a. — A.grandi- 
fiora is a handsome plant with white Poppy-like 
flowers and prickly foliage much like a Sea- 
Holly ; nearly 3 feet high. Being a native 
of Mexico it enjoys a warm soil and hottest ex- 
posure. A. mexicana is a plant of much the 
same habit and appearance, but smaller and 
with pale yellow bloom. 
Asperula azurea setosa [Blue Woodruff ) ; 
h.a. ; 9 inches. — A charming little plant with 
many heads of grey-blue bloom ; it does well in 
poor soil and does not object to a little shade ; 
it is of much use for filling bare spaces anywhere 
in the rock garden. 
Aster (China). See Callistephus. 
Balsam. See Impatiens. 
Bartonia ; h.a. or h.h.a. ; 18 inches. — Bar- 
tonia aurea is best known by this name, though 
it is more properly Mentzelia Bindley i. It can 
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