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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
loamy soil with a little sand, leaf-mould, and peat 
added. Of course, until well-established the young 
plants are safer under glass. 
Although there are over 40 species known, the 
following is a selection of the best kinds : — 
A. aurantiaca or A. ciurea. — A native of Chili, 
2 to 4 feet high, with masses of orange yellow blos- 
soms, streaked with red or carmine, from June to 
September. Two forms are shown on Plate 25. The 
variety concolor has pale-yellow unspotted flowers. 
A. brasiliensis, 3 to 4 feet high, has reddish-yellow 
flowers, the inner segments being spotted with purple- 
brown. A. chilensis is a very variable Chilian 
species, with blood red or pink flowers streaked with 
yellow, some forms being bluish-white, and deep 
orange red. A. hxmantha has bright red and orange 
flowers, spotted with crimson. There are many varia- 
tions of this species, including one called albidci. A. 
Pelegrina, the “ Lily of the Incas,” has been in culti- 
vation about 150 years. It has heavily striped 
flowers of lilac and reddish-purple. The variety alba 
has white unspotted blossoms, and is somewhat more 
tender than the coloured form. A. pulchella has deep 
red flowers spotted with purple brown. A. pulchra, 
St. Martin’s PloAver, has flowers variously coloured 
with purple, yellowish white, and deep yellow, dotted 
with red and flushed with pink. A. versicolor (or 
peruviana) has yellow flowers, spotted and striped with 
purple or maroon. 
ALTHEA rosea (Hollyhock). — More than 300 years 
ago the Hollyhock came from China. Since then, it 
has always been a great favourite, so much so, indeed 
