THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
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veritable perennials. The selection that follows includes such 
species and varieties as for their beauty or perfume are de¬ 
sirable in every garden where annuals are grown. The list 
may be extended immensely if “ all the good things” are 
included, but for general purposes a short list is better than 
a long one, and almost every plant named will suggest to 
those who take an interest in them, others of the same genus 
or species, that are equally worthy of cultivation, but which 
are omitted simply because we must not only begin some¬ 
where, but also make an end somewhere. 
A SELECTION OF HARDY ANNUAL AND BIENNIAL 
FLOWERS. 
Front Row (averaging six inches high ).—Asperula azurea , 
lilac and blue. Campanula pentagonia , purple. Collinsia Bartsioe- 
folia alba , white. 
JEschscholizia te - 
nuifolia , yellow. 
Gilia tricolor , 
white and purple. 
Godetia replans , 
white and purple. 
Kaulfussia amel- 
loides , beautiful 
blue. Leplosiphon 
androsaceus , lilac, 
and L. densijlo- 
rus, purple; L. 
roseus , very beau¬ 
tiful rose. Bese- 
da odorata , sweet- 
scented mignon¬ 
ette . Malcomia 
maritima , Virginian stock, white and rose. Nemophila 
insignis , beautiful pale blue, and N. insignis alba , white. 
Oxalis rosea , exquisitely beautiful, bright rose, a tender 
plant, flowering late when sown on the border. Bor- 
tulacca , various, exceedingly brilliant when grown on a dry, 
sunny, sandy knoll. Sanvitalia procumbens , yellow. Sapo- 
naria calabrica , pink; 8. calabrica alba , white—two of the gems 
of the annual border. Silene pendula, rose, a delightful plant. 
LEPTOttlPilON 1103EUS. 
