156 ORKAMENTAL GARDENIN^G. 



CHAPTER X. 



ANNUAL PLANTS. 



What are known as Annuals, are those plants which 

 owe their perpetuation, especially in the North, to seeds, 

 or to bulbs which are taken up in the fall and started new- 

 ly with every year. The plants grow up, flower, produce 

 a new crop of seed or bulbs, and then die, all in one season. 

 Although the lists of annual flowers in the catalogues 

 are usually very extensive — some Grerman catalogues 

 containing lists of no less than three thousand different 

 sorts— it is found that the number of those which really 

 possess a high order of attractiveness is not very large. 

 As the catalogues of dealers usually treat elaborately on 

 the matter of varieties, merits, and adaptability, in the 

 present book, I only take space to give some select lists 

 to guide planters, referring the reader to the catalogues 

 for additional matter. 



Some kinds embraced in the lists below, are perennials 

 or biennials, but as they flower the first season from the 

 seed, they are brought into this selection. 



In the lists, h stands for hardy annual, or sorts thcit 

 may be treated as such ; li, h, stands for half hardy 

 annuals ; t, for tender annuals. Directions for sowing are 

 given in Part V. 



A SELECTION OF THE CHOICER KINDS OF BEDDING AN- 

 NUALS. 



Aster, 7i, h. Petunia, li, li. 



Balsam, h, h. Phlox Drummondi, 7i. 



Candytuft, h, Portulaca, t 



Cockscomb, t. Snap Dragon, 7i. 



Larkspur, h. Stocks, h, h. 



Marigold, h. Sweet Alyssum, h. 



Mignonette, h. Verbena, h, h. 

 Dwarf Nasturtium, A, h. Zinnia, h. 



Pansy, A. Sweet Pea, h. 



