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Annuals. — There are also some annuals which 

 may be grown to attract birds. A row of sun- 

 flowers at the back of the garden may be visited 

 by goldfinches or others of the finch family. Gold- 

 finches may also eat the seeds of the blue corn- 

 flowers. The hummingbird may be attracted by 

 bright flowers with deep tubes. The bird prefers 

 either red or orange flowers. Some of its favorite 

 flowers among wild plants are coral honeysuckle, 

 painted-cup, columbine, jewel-weed, Oswego tea, 

 cardinal-flower; and among cultivated plants, 

 columbine, scarlet salvia, trumpet-creeper, bee- 

 balm, nasturtium, gladiolus, horse-chestnut. 



The following interesting account is given in 

 " Bird-Lore," by Caroline G. Soule : Humming- 

 birds were frequent visitors to the flowers of a 

 trumpet-creeper situated near a house. An imita- 

 tion flower was made by painting a piece of paper 

 and bending it into the required shape. Inside 

 of this was placed a small bottle filled with sugar 

 and water. This artificial flower was tied to the 

 vine and was visited at once by the birds, and 

 indeed such preference was shown for it that it 

 was necessary to fill the bottle twice a day. On 

 one occasion the bird came to this artificial flower 

 while it was held in the hand. 



