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TENDER ANNUALS. 
the distinction sought in a place on the schedule of horticultural 
prizes. 
Among the most ornamental of the class are species from the 
following genera : Browallia, Balsaminum, Cosmanthus, Celosia , 
Mesembryanthemum , Portulaca, Schyzopetalon, Phlox , Bhodanthe, 
Schyzanihus, and Triptilion ; it may be necessary, however, for 
the benefit of beginners, to enumerate the particular kinds, as in 
some of the genera these plants are of a different character. 
Those we usually grow are Browallia elata , and its white variety; 
Balsamina hortensis , the garden balsam, in twelve varieties ; Cos¬ 
manthus jimbriatus , a delicate dwarf plant, with pretty white 
flowers; Celosia cristata, the cockscomb; Mesembryanthemum 
tricolor , or more properly pyropceum ; Portulaca Thellusonii and 
splendens , the first red and the latter purple; Schyzopetalon 
Walkerii , a singularly fringed, white flowering dwarf plant; Phlox 
Drummondii , of which our present illustration is a most beauti¬ 
ful variety; Bhodanthe Manglesii; and all the species of Schy- 
zanthus , preferring such as S. Hookerii, Priestii , and retusus. 
It may be urged, these are not all tender annuals, because some 
of them will grow and flower in the open air; but this is no cri¬ 
terion, because there are many other things will do the same, as, 
for instance, pelargoniums, petunias, verbenas, and a host of 
others, which are far from being hardy plants, and when the best 
attention is given to those enumerated, however luxuriant they 
may occasionally be seen out of doors, we are certain they may 
be better when grown in pots and protected. The effects of 
good culture may be familiarly exemplified in the case of the 
balsam; a comparison between those which have met the care 
they deserve, and others left to chance in the open ground, will 
at once establish our assertion; in speaking of the superiority of 
potted plants over those turned out, however, it may be well to 
explain we do not refer to the miserable starvelings sometimes 
met with, which having been once potted are supposed to be done 
with, but such as have been skilfully grown ; let the attention 
necessary to obtain good balsams be given to all the members of 
the class, and the result will be a display of beauty scarcely to 
be equalled. 
The course of culture to be observed with the members of the 
genera, Phlox, Bhodanthe, and Schyzanihus, differs somewhat 
