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protect them with leaves or other light litter, tuoy will make good, 

 strong bloomers early in the spring. 



Phlox Drummondii will give you a blaze of color all summer, as. 

 will Portulaca. Ricinus or castor beans, planted in a group, give an 

 elegant tropical effect. 



Plant a few Sweet Peas if you have nothing else. Thei-r beautiful 

 colorings and delightful odor you will never tire of. Plant only what 

 you can keep picked at least every other day, else they will stop bloom- 

 ing. An ounce of seed making a row perhaps fifteen feet long will giva 

 you an abundance of bloom. 



Verbenas you can grow from seed, but small plants from the 

 florists will give you a better range of color. 



For an easy started, rapid growing vine, try the Cobea. The 

 Hyacinth bean and Cypress vine are also very satisfactory. 



After we have settled the question of what we will have in the 

 line of annuals comes the question of bulbs. Under this head comes 

 also the tubers and corms, but for convenience we call them all bulbs. 



As these will be procured from the florist either in a dormant 

 state or already started in pots, I will only mention them in a general 

 way in connection with other plants procured from the same source and 

 in the combinations in which they are generally used for best effect 

 upon the lawn or in the border. 



Suppose we have a good sized bed in the front yard that we want 

 to look particularly nice. Everybody that goes by sees that bed and 

 we will just show them a flowerbed as is a flowerbed. We will plant 

 Cannas in the center, tall growing ones in the middle and shorter ones 

 next to them, then a row of Caladiums, then a row of brilliant red 

 Coleus and a row of Golden Bedder Coleus on the edge. Talk about 

 grandeur, why, we will have everybody hanging over the fence. 



Or a bed of deep red Geraniums, bordered with the Dusty Miller 

 already mentioned, will be a constant delight. A bed of Salvia 

 Splendens, bordered with a mottled Coleus is another rich combination. 

 A bed of purple Heliotrope, bordered with dwarf Alyssum, is very 

 dainty. 



A bed of double Petunias, in assorte.d colors, bordered with 

 Pansy, is rich; in fact, there are innumerable combinations that sug- 

 gest themselves to the flower lover with taste in color and arrange- 

 ment. 



For a Dorder along a drive or walk, a row of Dahlias, of 

 Gladioluses, assorted Cannas, of giant summer blooming Hyacinths or 



