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Half-hardy Annuals with Ornamental Foliage. — Amaranthus 
bicolor , scarlet and green, i foot; A. melancholicus ruber , carmine, i foot; 
A. salicifolius , orange red, 3 feet; A. tricolor, scarlet, yellow, and green, 
18 inches; Ice Plant , crystal-like leaves, 3 inches; Perilla nankinensis , mul¬ 
berry, 18 inches; Ricinns Gibsoni, crimson, 5 feet; R. sanguineus tricolor 
red, 8 feet; Zea japonica , in variety, white and green. 
Culture .—Same as Half-Hardy Annuals. 
Annual Everlasting Flowers .—Acrochnium album , white, 1 foot; A. 
roseum , rose, 1 foot; Ammobium alatum grandiflorum , white, 2 feet; Heli- 
chrysum monstrosum , in variety, 2 feet; Helipterum Sandfordi , yellow, 1 foot; 
Rhodanthe Manglesii , rose, 1 foot; 7 ?. maculata , purple, 1 foot; A. m. alba , 
white, 1 foot; Xeranthemum plenissimus , in variety, 2 feet. 
Culture .—Sow the seeds outdoors in April, and thin 3 to 6 inches apart 
when 2 inches high; or in pots or pans in a temperature of 55 degrees to 
65 degrees in March, and transplant outdoors in May. 
Half-Hardy Climbing Annuals .—Ipomcea hederacea , blue; I. limbata 
elegantissimcz , purple ; /. Quanioclit , scarlet. Ornamental Gourds.— Caiophora 
aurantiaca , orange ; Cardiospernum hcelioacatrum , white. 
Hardy Climbing Annuals.— Co?ivolvulus major , purple, crimson, and 
white; Humulus uiponica , large green foliage; /A j. variegatus , silvery 
foliage ; Tropceolum majus , scarlet. 
Culture ,—Treat both as recommended for Hardy and Half-Hardy Annuals. 
Hardy Annual Grasses.—S ee List on page 42. 
BIENNIALS. 
* The kinds preceded by an asterisk are strictly perennials, but are included here because the 
succeed best treated as biennials. 
Flowering and Ornamental Leaved .—Canterbury Bells , various, 2^- feet; 
Carduus acanthioides (Scotch Thistle), silvery-leaved, 6 feet; C. benedictus 
(Blessed Thistle), silvery-leaved, 3 feet; Silybum Marianum (the Milk Thistle), 
white and green mottled foliage, 3 feet; % Centaurea candidissima , silvery-leaved, 
1 foot; *C m Clementii , silvery-white foliage, 3 feet; Chamcepeuce diacantha 
(Fishbone Thistle), silvery-leaved, 1 foot; *Hedysarum coronarium (French 
Honeysuckle), white and scarlet, 2 feet; Lunaria biennis (Honesty), purple 
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