HARDY BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS. 
ther. To avoid this, they should be sown on 
rather poor ground, and should be transplanted 
once when an inch or two high, placing them 
still on poor ground, a few inches apart. Plants 
thus hardened by exposure on poor soil, though 
small, will bear the winter better, and flower 
with more vigour, than larger succulent free- 
growing plants. The following may be sown 
any time during the months of May or June : — 
Agrostemma coronaria, (Rose Campion.) — 
Biennial ; height one foot and a half ; flowers 
rose colour ; July and August. 
Althaea rosea, (Hollyhock.) — Height (ave- 
rage) five feet ; flowers various ; July to Sep- 
tember. 
AJyssum maritimum, (Sweet Alyssum.) — 
Height one foot ; flowers white ; June to Sep- 
tember. 
Ammobium (datum, (winged Ammobium.) 
— Height two feet ; flowers white ; July and 
August. 
Anchum asperrima, (roughest Bugloss.) — 
Biennial ; height two feet ; flowers blue ; May 
and June. 
Anemone coronaria, (garland Windflower.) 
— Height nine inches ; flowers various ; May 
and June. 
Anemone stellata, (starry Windflower.) — 
Height nine inches ; flowers various ; May 
and June. 
Antirrhinum mains, (great Snapdragons- 
Height two feet ; flowers various ; all the 
summer. 
Aquilegia vulgaris, (common Columbine.) — 
Height two feet ; flowers purple ; June to 
August. There are varieties with flowers of 
various colours, both single and double. 
Aquilegia glandulosa, (glandular Colum- 
bine.) — Height two feet ; flowers white and 
blue ; June to August. 
Aquilegia canadensis, (Canadian columbine.) 
— Height one foot and a half; flowers red and 
orange ; May and June. 
Calliopsis Atkinsoma, -(Atkinson's Calliop- 
sis.) — Height two to three feet ; flowers yel- 
low, with dark centre ; August and Sep- 
tember. 
Campanula grandis, (grand Bell flower.) — 
Height one foot and a half ; flowers blue ; 
June to August. 
Campanula media, (Canterbury bell.) — 
Biennial ; height two to three feet ; flowers 
blue ; June to September. There is a white 
variety, and some have double flowers. 
Campanula pgramidalis, (Chimney Cam- 
panulas—Height three feet ; flowers blue (or 
white) ; July and August. 
Centaurea splendens, (splendid Knapweed.) 
Biennial ; height three feet ; flowers purple ; 
July to August. 
Centranthus ruber, (red Valerian.) — Height 
two feet ; flowers red (or white); May and June. 
Ciieiranthus Cheiri, (common Wallflower.) — 
Height two feet ; flowers various ; May to July. 
Commeli/na ccelestis, (sky-blue Commelyna.) 
Height one foot and a half ; flowers clear blue ; 
July to September. 
Cynoglossum sylvaticum, (Wood Hound's 
Tongue.) — Biennial ; height three feet ; flowers 
blue ; June and July. 
Delphinium chinense, (Chinese Larkspur.) 
— Height two feet ; flower blue (or white) ; 
J uly to September. 
Dianthus armeria, ( Deptford Pink. ) — 
Height one foot ; flowers red (or white) ; June 
and July. 
Dianthus barbalus, (Sweet William.) — - 
Height one foot ; flowers of various colours — 
the most splendid is a deep crimson ; June to 
August. 
Dianthus caryophyllus, (Carnation, &c.) — 
Height two feet ; flowers various ; July and 
August. 
Dianthus chinensis, (Indian Pink )— Bien- 
nial ; height one foot ; flowers various — there 
are many beautiful vaiieties, some double ; 
June to August. 
Dianthus hispanicus, (Spanish Pink.) — Bi- 
ennial ; height one foot ; flowers deep red ; 
July and August. 
Dianthus pulchellus, (pretty Pink.) — Bien- 
nial ; height one foot ; flowers lilac ; June to 
August. 
Dictamnus Fraxinella, ( Fraxinella. ) — • 
Height two to three feet ; flowers red (or 
white) ; July and August. 
Digitalis aurea, (golden Foxglove.) — Height 
two feet ; flowers orange. ; July to September. 
Digitalis purpurea, (common Foxglove.) — 
Height two feet ; (lowers purple (or white) ; 
July to September. 
Digitalis ferruyinea, (rusty Foxglove.) — 
Biennial; two feet; flowers brownish; July 
and August. 
Dodecatheon Meadia, (American Cowslip.) 
— Height one foot ; flowers lilac ; April and 
May. 
Ischium violaceum, (violet Viper's Bugloss.) 
— Biennial ; height three feet ; flowers blue ; 
May and June. 
Erigeron acris, (acrid Erigeron.) — Bien- 
nial; height one foot ; flowers blue ; July and 
August. 
Eutoca Eranhlini, (Franklin's Eutoca.) — 
Biennial ; height one foot ; flowers pink ; May 
to July. 
Eutoca multiflora, (many- flowered Eutoca.) 
— Biennial ; height one foot ; flowers pink ; 
May to July. 
Gaillardia bicolor, (two-coloured Gaillar- 
dia.) — Height two feet ; flowers yellow and 
brown ; July to September. 
Gaura biennis, (biennial Gaura.) — Biennial ; 
height three to four feet ; flowers red ; August. 
