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and are sure to give satisfaction. The remaining plants are 

 mostly such as have secondary value, or are adapted to particular 

 purposes or uses By consulting the sunnnary lists in Part II., 

 the reader may be able to select plants to his liking. 



The groups which most strongly appeal to the writer as staple 

 or general-purpose types are the following : Petunias, phloxes, 

 pinks or dianthuses, lark- '^^Sii^ spurs or delphiniums, 



calliopsis or coreopsis, pot ^^^^^^r "i^i'igold or calendu- 

 la, bachelor'sbutton or Cen- 

 taurea Cyanus, clarkias, 

 zinnias, mari- 







44- — Zififiias. Often k7ww7i as '■'youth and old age.'' 



golds or tagetes, coUinsias, gilias, California poppies or esch- 

 scholtzias, verbenas, poppies, China asters, sweet peas, nemo- 

 philas, portulaccas, silenes, candytufts or iberis, alyssum, stocks 

 or matthiolas, morning-glorie's, nasturtiums or tropaeolums. 



Annual flowers possess a great advantage over perennials in 

 the fact that they appeal strongly to the desire for experiment. 

 The seeds are sowm every year, and there is sufficient element of 

 uncertainty in the results to make the effort interesting ; and new 

 combinations can be tried each year. 



Do not cut the old stalks down in the fall. They will stand in 

 the snow all through the winter, and remind you of the bursting 

 summer time and the long-ripening fall ; and the snow-birds will 

 enjoy them. 



A word with the boys and girls. — Let us make a flower garden 

 next summer ! We can make it mornings and evenings, and it 

 shall belong to us alone. We shall own it ; and we shall see 



