Amberboa Muricata Rosea 
The new Amberboa Muricata Rosea is a 
hardy annual that deserves a place in every 
garden, not only as a showy bedding plant, 
but to afford flowers for cutting. Plants grow 
two feet or more in height, branch freely , and 
are covered with lovely bloom from July un¬ 
til October. The flowers are rosy-pink in 
color, two to three inches across, borne on 
long stems, and very graceful. See engraving. 
They keep well when cut, and are excellent to 
work into designs or bouquets. 50 s. 5c._ 
To Destroy Beetles.— To get rid of the 
beetles that eat the Aster and Dahlia flowers, as also 
to destroy the Mexican Bean beetle, place some Slug- 
shot in a coarse sack and shake over the plants. The 
thin film of dust thus deposited is a complete remedy. 
“Slug-shot’’ can be obtained at almost any drug 
store. This is not a paid-for notice, but the remedy 
is so effective I want my friends to know of it. 
Charming Trionum 
Hibiscus Calisureus is a well-known 
hardy annualfrom Africa,2ft. high'with 
rather showy white flowers. From this 
species, however, has been developed 
the elegant Hibiscus Trionum, branch¬ 
ing and bearing flowers 6 inches across, 
pleasing white with an attractive dark 
center as shown in the engraving. This 
flower is very beautiful, blooming free¬ 
ly for a long time during Summer and 
Autumn, new flowers opening for sev¬ 
eral hours every day. Sow in Spring or 
Fall. Once started the flower will take 
care of itself. Give it a trial. 5 cts. 
Hibiscus Coccineus. —This remarkable 
plant, so rarely seen in Europe, is now in 
bloom in Kew gardens. It is a herbaceous per¬ 
ennial growing 8ft. high, the flowers not unlike 
those of the Chinese Hibiscus. The stems are 
tall and slender, with leaves like those of 
Hemp. It is a native of Florida and is not 
hardy at the North. Being so handsome, both 
in foliage and flower, it is quite worthy of 
general culture. English Garden. 
The Glorious Sunset 
You may apply this to the very attrac¬ 
tive flower represented in the engraving. 
Hibiscus Sunset is an improved variety of 
Hibicus Manihot, a species found in Eastern 
Asia. The plants start readily from seeds 
and bloom during Autumn, the big yellow 
flowers with a central crimson eye coming 
in clusters at the tips of the branches. May 
be grown in pots as well as in garden beds. 
Plants grow from 6 to 12 feet high, and the 
flowers are from 6 to 7 in. across and quite 
attractive. 40 seeds 5cts. 
Pot Marigold. —We sowed patches of 
this annual (Calendula) in the kitchen garden in 
April, and the plants began to flower in July, and 
kept in bloom throughout the season. At times they 
bloomed more freely than any other annual, and 
the large flowers were exceedingly showy. I do not 
know of a better late-flowering annual. E. Garden. 
Note. —I have all the improved varieties of the 
old Pot Marigold (Calendula). See page 29. They 
are also fine for window pots in Winter. Park. 
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