This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
The following lists were made out this spring by Henderson and Fleming, for the information of members of the Farmers' Club :
First: List of annuals suited to rather poor ground and earth thrown up from cellars:
Adonis autumnalis, Bartonia aurea, Candytuft, Clarkia, Collnsia, Gilia tricolor,
Nasturtiums,
Nigella (Love in a Mist),
Lupins,
Prince's Feather,
Morning Glory,
Antirrhinum, or Snapdragon,
Mignonette, Nemophila, Nolana lanceolate,
Amaranthus tricolor (Joseph's Coat), Sweet Alyssum.
Second: Flowers that will grow well on prairie when first opened:
Asters, Calliopsis, Callirhoe, Cape Marigold, Campanulas, Cypress Vine, Delphinium,
Eschscholtzia Californica (California Poppy),
Evening Primrose, Leptoriphon, Limnanthes Douglasii, Linum Grandiflorum, Musk Plant, Palafoxia, Sanvitalia, Sweet Sultan, Sweet William.
Third: List for the average village door-yard in the latitude of New York:
Amaranthus,
Cacalia, or Tassel Flower,
Clarkia,
Catchfly,
Chrysanthemum - annual,
Dianthus of sorts,
Ipomeas,
Marvel of Peru,
Phlox Drummondii,
Saponaria,
Scabicsa, or Morning Bride,
Sweet Peas,
Venus's Looking-Glass,
Virginian Stock,
Viscaria,
Whitlaria,
Zinnia Elegans.
"So many new ones are good, it is hard to choose the best. But Madame Deproost is good; it has a bi-colored corolla. Starlight and Marksman are also two very good varieties." - Gardener's Monthly.
 
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