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the above list were considered half-hardy till within the last few 
years, when superior cultivation proved them to be perfectly 
hardy, as regards the generality of situations, though even 
now, in some situations that are naturally cold and wet, they 
should have a little protection, if sown early in February ; while, 
on the contrary, those generally considered only half-hardy will 
succeed perfectly well when sown in spots congenial to their 
growth, in the open air. The first sowing should be made in 
March, either in slight hot-beds or underhand-glasses, on the open 
borders. If hot-beds are used, the dung should be well shaken 
and incorporated when the bed is made, and the lights kept 
closely shut, for a few days, to draw off the first violent heat; 
some fine well-rotted leaf mould, or other light soil, should be 
then spread over the bed, to the depth of about six inches : 
sow on it, and cover the seed very slightly ; water them gently, 
when requisite ; and give air as soon as the plants begin to 
appear, increasing it by degrees, till, by the time they are two or 
three inches high, they will bear full exposure to the sun and 
air ; then, immediately after a shower, transplant them to the 
places they were intended to fill; give them water here till they 
are established. The same treatment should be observed, if sown 
under hand-glasses. The successional sowings should be made 
in April, May, and in June, if there is much space to fill, or the 
flowers desired very late ; though in the latter sowings no pro¬ 
tection is necessary. The principal half-hardy annuals are— 
Height, Colour, 
in Ft. 
Alonsoa grandiflora. 1 scarlet. 
Ageratum odoratum. 2 blue. 
Mexicanum. 2 ditto. 
Cacalia coccinea . 1 scarlet. 
aurea nova . 1 orange. 
Calliopsis atrosanguinea. 2 deep red. 
semi plena. 2 yel. & red. 
Drummondii... 2 ditto. 
Cleome pentaphylla . 2 rose. 
Callichroa platyglossa . 1 yellow. 
Clintonia elegans. 1 wh&blue. 
pulchella. 1^ ditto. 
Cosmea bipinnata. 2 purple. 
sulphurea. 2 sulphur. 
Datura cerato caule. 3 wh&lj'ac. 
fastuosa. 2 purple. 
alba. 2 white. 
Heliclrrysum bracteatum ... 2 yeliow. 
var. album. 2 white. 
var. compositum. 2 ditto. 
macranthum. 2 ditto. 
Humea elegans. 6 red. 
Hibiscus Africanus. 2 wh&blck. 
Trionum. > 1| ditto. 
Height, Colour, 
in Ft. 
Hibiscus Richardsoni. 2 yel&blck. 
Ipomea rubro cerulea. 20 blue. 
Quamoclit. 5 scarlet. 
convolvolifltfta . 10 blue. 
Dillenii . 10 ditto. 
Ipomea Michauxii. 10 striped. 
nil. 10 blue. 
purpurea. 10 purple. 
Ipomopsis picta. 2 scarlet. 
elegans. 2 ditto. 
Nolana prostrata. ^ violet. 
atriplicifolia. g blue. 
Merembergia intermedia.... 1 dk velvet. 
calycina. lg white. 
Petunia phcenicea. 3 purple. 
nyctaginiflora . 3 white. 
violacea, and var. 3 var. 
Phlox Drummondii. 2 purple. 
Rhodanthe Manglesii. 1 ^ rose. 
Sanvitalia procumbens. | yellow. 
Saipiglossis picta, and var.. 2 var. 
Schizanthus pinnatus. 2 lilac &pk. 
Grahamii . 3 lilac S’yel. 
humilis . 1 do. do. 
