Zinnia multiflora
116 ------ elegant Zinnia elegans
117 ------ violet-coloured Zinnia tenniflora
118 ------ whorl-leaved Zinnia verticillata
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SECTION XIX.-BIENNIAL FLOWERS.
Biennial Flowers, i.e. such as do not bloom the same year they are
raised from seeds.
These should be sown in the month of May or June, and let remain in the
place till the month of September, when they should be planted into
beds, and in the following spring placed out where they are to flower.
1 Canterbury Bells Campanula media
2 Iron-coloured Foxglove Digitalis ferruginea
3 Hollyoak Alcea rosa
4 Honesty Lunaria rediviva
5 Stocks red Brompton Cheiranthus incanus
6 ------ white ditto Cheiranthus incanus
7 ------ purple ditto Cheiranthus incanus
8 ------ Queen Cheiranthus incanus
9 ------ Twickenham Cheiranthus incanus
10 Wallflower Cheiranthus fruticulosus
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SECTION XX.-TENDER ANNUAL FLOWERS.
Such as are usually sown in hot-beds in the months of February or March,
and grown in the stove or green-house after the removal of the plants in
the summer months, for which purpose they are very ornamental.
ENGLISH NAMES LATIN NAMES
1 Amaranthus three-coloured Amaranthus tricolor
2 ---------- two-coloured ---------- bicolor
3 ---------- globe white Gomphrena globosa
4 ---------- purple Gomphrena globosa
5 Balsam Impatiens Balsamita
6 ------ scarlet Impatiens coccinea
7 Striped double white
8 Browallia blue Browallia elata
9 --------- white Browallia elata
10 Cacalia scarlet Cacalia coccinea
11 Capsicum large red Capsicum annuum
12 -------- yellow Capsicum annuum
13 -------- small red horn Capsicum annuum
14 -------- yellow ditto Capsicum annuum
15 -------- cherry Capsicum annuum
16 -------- Cayenne Capsicum annuum
17 Calceolaria wing-leaved Calceolaria pinnata
18 Convolvulus large-flowered Convolvulus major
19 ----------- minor
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