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Rural School Leaflet 



Variety Time of Sowing 



Euphorbia (Snow-on-a- 



mountain) April or early May 



Gaillardia (Blanket flower) . 



Godetia 



Gypsophila (Baby's breath) 

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 Lobelia (Cardinal flower) . . . 



Tagetes (Marigold) 



Mignonette 



Nasturtium. . . 



Nicotiana 



Nigella (Love-in-a-mist) .... 



Petunia " 



Phlox D 



Eschscholtzia (California 



poppy) 



Poppy, Shirley 



Portulaca 



Pyrethrum 



Salpiglossis 



Scabiosa (Mourning bride) . 



Lathyrus (Sweet pea) 



Verbena 



Zinnia 



Depth of Sowing 



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A list of popular perennials. Plants to be grown the previous summer: 



Variety Time of Planting 



Abutilon (Flowering maple) .... May 



Aquilegia (Columbine) April 



Bellis perennis (English daisy) . . " 

 Campan\ila_ (Canterbury bells) . . " 



Canna May 



Delphim'um (Larkspur) April 



Digitalis (Foxglove) " 



Gaillardia (hardy) May 



Althaea (Hollyhock) April 



Poppy (hardy) " 



Rudbeckia (Cone flower) May 



Helianthus (Sunflower [hardyj) . . " 



Sweet William " 



All hardy pinks " 



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