The Flower Garden 



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Candytuft is used for beds, for belt or mass planting, and somewhat 

 for rock work. The plants are free bloomers and some of them have 

 very fragrant flowers. The average 

 height of the plant is 6 to 10 inches. 

 For edging beds the white flowers of 

 the candytuft are desirable. There 

 are also carmine, crimson, rose pink, 

 and purple varieties. 



Centaurea {Cornflower) 



A good garden soil is desirable for 

 the hardy annual centaurea. The 

 plants may be grown in the hotbed 

 in April and transplanted later to 

 the open ground; or the seed may 

 be sown in the garden in May, \ to \ 

 inch deep in rows 18 inches apart, 

 the plants being thinned later to 6 

 inches apart in the row. The aver- 

 age height of the plant is 2 to 3 feet. 

 Blooms are produced from June until 

 the plants are killed by frost. 



The cornflower has a great variety 

 of colors — blue, green, red, pink, 

 lilac, purple, and white; there are 

 sweet-scented varieties, also both 

 single- and double-flowering varieties. 

 The bachelor's-button belongs to 

 this group and is the best-known 

 representative. 



Chrysanthemum (annual, or summer- 

 flowering) 



The hardy annual chrysanthemum 

 is of easy culture. The plants may 

 be grown in the hotbed and later 

 transplanted; or the seeds may be 

 sown in good garden soil in May, \ 

 inch deep in rows 12 to 18 inches 

 apart, the plants being thinned later 

 to 8 inches apart in the row. The 

 effect of transplanting is noticeable on these plants; they become more 

 dwarfed and branching, and give better blooms. The average height of 



Fig. 46. — A plant such as any one may 

 raise in the home window 



