1 May, 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 393 
Rhodanthe, an everlasting. Sanvitalia procumbens, dwarf. Senecio elegans ; 
free flowering, and most useful tor cutting. Salpiglossis ; beautifully marked 
flowers, tali and graceful, very desirable. Scabiosa, sweet scented. Centaurea 
moschata (Sweet Sultan); water freely; stocks well-known favourites. 
Silene armeria (Catchfly); very showy and interesting. Schizanthus ; most 
beautiful, flowers like an orchid. Zinnia elegans ; colours varied and beautiful; 
now grown to great size and perfection of form. : 
2. Plants the seeds of which should be sown where they are to bloom.— 
Collinsia bicolor ; anedging plant. Cacalia (tassel flower). Clintonia elegans; 
for edging. Brachycome tberidifolia (Swan River daisy); for edging and 
rockeries. Browallia elata. Linum grandiflorum; for sowing in patches. 
Mignonette should be sown in large patches. Nycterina capensis; very pretty 
for edges, &e. Memophila; very showy, dwarf. Poppy; many varieties; thin 
out to 12 inches apart when seeds are wellup. Portulaca; useful for dry sunny 
places. Virginian Stock; very useful for edgings and masses. 
3. Creepers which may be sown where they are intended to flower and 
thinned out.—Convolvulus major, good for covering fences, &c. Sweet pea; 
snails are fond of these, and they should be protected by having ashes strewn 
around them; soak the seeds. Hecremocarpus scaber, very beautiful and quick 
climbing. Mina lobata. Tropeolum; there are many varieties of these. 
plants, both climbing and prostrate, which deserve cultivation. 
4, Grasses which can be grown in boxes and planted owt.—Avena sterilis 
(animated oats); this and all these grasses are good for bouquets and. 
decoration. Amdropogon Schimperii. Bromus macrostachys. Hragrostis 
elegans. Eulalia japonica, Hordeum jubatum (squirrel tail). Lagurus ovatus 
(hare’s tail). Pennisetum longistyllum. Stipa pennata. Tricholena rosea. 
Univla latifolia ; very graceful, and lasts a long time. : 
his list might be largely added to; but said the Editor, “A good many 
people want to know quite simple things, and they want to be told them in a 
simple way.” So now proceed with your seed-sowing for the coming flower 
season, and as you revel in the delights of anticipation you can think of the 
fragrant garden that is to reward you for your pleasing labour, and say with 
Tennyson— 
Soon will the Musk Carnations break and swell ; 
Soon shall we have gold-dusted Snapdragon ; 
Sweet William, with its homely cottage smell, 
Roses that down the valley shine afar, 
And open, jasmine-mufiled lattices, 
And groups under the dreaming garden trees, 
And the full moon, and the white evening star. 
