BEAUTIFUL BIENNIALS. 
appeared. For this reason they are usually sown in 
shallow boxes, pans, or pots under glass about February 
and March. The principles of sowing and covering the 
seeds under glass is practically the same as for the 
hardy kinds. In a temperature of about 60° F., 
those mentioned below germinate freely — some in a 
few days, others in a few weeks — according to their 
nature. 
The following is a list of the most showy hardy, 
and half-hardy annuals arranged according to 
colours. Those marked thus (*) are half-hardy : — 
Bed, Scarlet, and Pink.— Adonis autumnalis, *CaIIistephus hortensis 
vars. Candytuft, Centranthus macrosiphon, *China Asters, Clarkia elegans, 
*Cosmos bipinnatus, *I)ianthus chinensis, *Gaura Lindhcimeri (really a perennial), 
Gilia coronopifolia, *Godetia grandiflora, Iberis umbellata, Impatiens Roylei, 
Lathyrus odoratus, Linum grandiflorum, *Malcolmia maritima, *Matthiola 
annua, Phlox Drummondi, Salpiglossis, *Saponaria ealabrica, *Scabiosa atropur- 
purea, Senecio elegans, Shirley Poppy, *Ten Week Stocks, Tropajolum majus and 
minus, *Zinnia elegans. 
Yellow and Orange. — * African Marigold, Calendula officinalis, *Carthamus 
tinctorius, Catananche lutea, Centaurea macrocephala, Centaurea suaveolens, 
*Chrysanthemum coronarium, Chrysanthemum segetum, Coreopsis Drummondi, 
Esclischoltzia californica, *Gaillardia, *Godetia vars., ILelianthus animus vars., 
Hunnemannia fumariaefolia, Impatiens fulva, Lathyrus odoratus, *Matthiola 
annua, Mignonette, Platystemon californicus, Reseda odorata, Salpiglossis, 
*Sanvitalia procumbens, *Scabiosa atropurpurea, Senecio elegans, Shirley 
Poppy, *Tagetes, *Ten Week Stocks, *Thunbergia alata, Tropaeolnm, *Tropa3- 
olum peregrinum, * Venidium calendulaceum (really a perennial), *Zinnia elegans. 
*Zinnia Haageana. 
Blue and Purple- — *Bracbycome iberidifolia, *Callistephus hortensis. 
*Campanula (see p. 52) vars., Centaurea Cyanus, * China Asters, Clarkia pulchella, 
^Convolvulus tricolor, Delphinium vars., *Dianthus chinensis vars., Lathyrus 
odoratus, Linum usitatissimum, *Matthiola annua, Nemophila insignis, Phacelia 
vars., Salpiglossis, *Scabiosa atropurpurea, Senecio elegans, Shirley Poppy. 
*Swan River Daisy, *Ten Week Stocks, *Trachymene ccerulea. 
White.—* Argemone, *Brachycome iberidifolia, *Callistephus hortensis vars. 
*Campanula punctata, *China Asters, *Cosmos bipinnatus,* Godetia var.. 
( jypsophila elegans, Lathyrus odoratus, *Malcolmia maritima, *Nicotiana 
affinis, *Nicotiana sylvestris, Sweet Pea. 
BEAUTIFUL BIENNIALS.— These are plants 
which usually take two seasons of growth to mature, 
