. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 252 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Schizanthus Grahami retusus (Fig. 142) is an • elegant autumn-flowering' annual, suitable for beds and borders; its deep rose-coloured flowers, tipped with crimson, are produced from June to October. Grows 2ft. high. S. fiinnatus, 2ft. high, has rosy-purple and yellow flowers, spotted with purple or violet. It flowers from May to October, and is the hardier of the two species. They make excellent pot plants. Schizopetalon Walkeri is a pretty annual, bearing white flowers, which are delightf
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 252 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Schizanthus Grahami retusus (Fig. 142) is an • elegant autumn-flowering' annual, suitable for beds and borders; its deep rose-coloured flowers, tipped with crimson, are produced from June to October. Grows 2ft. high. S. fiinnatus, 2ft. high, has rosy-purple and yellow flowers, spotted with purple or violet. It flowers from May to October, and is the hardier of the two species. They make excellent pot plants. Schizopetalon Walkeri is a pretty annual, bearing white flowers, which are delightfully fragrant in the morning and evening, or after a shower. It grows ift. high, and flowers from May to August. Senecio (Jacob.*a) elegans (Double Groundsel) has long been a favourite bedding-plant, flowering in July and onwards till October; there are three or four varieties, with crimson, purple, and white flowers; also several dwarf varieties, growing only 9in. high; these produce a brilliant effect in beds and mixed borders. Stocks form a useful and very Fig. 142.—Schizanthus ornamental class of plants for flower- Grahami retusus. garden decoratiorij and arCi or ought to be, grown in every garden. The varieties -are now very numerous, and may be divided as follows: The Ten-weeks, Intermediate, and Biennial groups. The Ten-weeks Stocks should be sown in March or April in pans or boxes under glass, affording air when the plants are quite- young, and watering carefully so as to prevent mildew from attacking them. The seedlings, when large enough to handle, should be pricked off into an old hotbed frame, or into boxes, keeping them as near the glass as possible to prevent drawing, and finally transplanting into the beds or borders during showery weather. The seed may also be sown in the open border about the end of April, in good soil, well dug and manured. Plants from this will flower when the earlier-sown batches have finished, keeping up a supply until late autumn. Ther
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