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COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
peas which came from France; they produced very little the first 
year, the second, they produced more; but the third they produced 
in an extraordinary manner both for number, size and goodness.)’ 
Again, page 386, “ Raddishes, parsnips, carrots, and beet, come to 
perfection (in Martinique) especially when you sow creole seed, that 
is, seed bom in the country. These are most important facts, and 
may be of great value to those who colonize. A. B. 
Select list of Annuals, with their respective heights. — 
Hardy. May he sown in the open borders from the end of February 
to the end of April. Those marked with an asterisk may probably 
be found the most valuable. 
White. Omphalodes linifolia (Venus’s Navel wort) 6 inches high ; 
Iberis odorata, 6 inches; Androsace macrocarpa, 9 inches; * Del¬ 
phinium Ajacis (RocketLarkspur) 1 foot; CEnothera tetraptera 1 
foot; * Prismatocarpus Speculum var. album, (white Venus’s look- 
sng glass) 1 foot; Iberis Lagascana 1 foot; Calendula hybrida 1 
foot. 
Purple. —Valerianella congesta, 6 inches; * Iberis spatulata, 6 
inches; Prismartocarpus Speculum, 1 foot; Eutoca multiflora, 1 foot; 
Cleome speciosissima, 18 inches. 
Blue. —* Nolanaparadoxa, 6 inches ; Lupinus bicolor, 9 inches; 
L. mieranthus, 18 inches; Convoloulus tricolour, 18 inches. 
Yellow. —Lotus arenarius 6 inches ; * Madia elegans, 18 inches ; 
* Coreopsis tinctoria (Calliopsis bicolor) 2 feet; C. Atkinsoniana 
Helianthus lenticularis, 3 feet; H. petiolaris, 3 feet; Lupinus luteus, 
2 feet. 
Rose or Pink. —Matbiola tricuspidata, 6 inches; Palavia rhombi- 
folia 1 foot; * Delphinium Ajacis, 1 foot; Silene Armeria (Lobel’s 
catchfly) 18 inches; Elsholtzia crigtata 18 inches; * Pleotocepha- 
lus americanus, 3 feet. 
Scarlet and Crimson. —Eucroma (Castilleja) coccinea, 6 inches; 
Amaranthus hypocondriacus (PrincesFeather) 2i feet; A. caudatus 
(love lies bleeding) 3 feet. Saponaria calabrica, 6 inches. 
N. B. The varieties in the colours of sweet peas, and rocket lark¬ 
spurs, are so numerous that they are purchased generally in mixed 
colours. 
Half-hardy. Requiring to be sown under hand glasses, or on a 
moderate hot-bed in March, and trunsplanted into the borders, the 
end of April or beginning of May. 
White. —* Argemone grandiflora, 18 inches; Nicotiamamultival- 
vis, 2 feet; * Petunia nyctaginiflora 2 feet. 
Purple * Clarkia pulchella 18 inches; CEnothera Romanzovii 
