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sized plants; but they will reach up for the light 

 and are apt to go outdoors in a weakened condi- 

 tion. 



Annuals that are a long time reaching maturity 

 such as helichrysum, the finest of all the everlast- 

 ings, and the old type of cosmos ought never to 

 be sown in the open ground. The fascinating sal- 

 piglossis, also, is sown early under glass to insure 

 bloom. Then there is the sweet sultan, which 

 likes to get an early start so that it may give of 

 its, best before the heat of midsummer. 



An effective way of using annuals is as pot plants 

 not only to fill spaces in the greenhouse but 

 for the porch in summer, and for setting among 

 shrubbery or in garden blanks. A great deal of 

 this is done in England, where some potted an- 

 nuals are superb specimen plants that cause eyes 

 not familiar with them to open wide with wonder. 

 Think of bushes of Clarkia elegans, a yard high 

 and through, that are a mass of double pink or 

 salmon blossoms! These are May possibilities if 

 the seed is sown indoors in September and the 

 plants potted and pinched back to promote bushi- 

 ness. Cosmos, for autumn; rhodanthe, one of 

 the everlastings; the common double balsam, ne- 

 mesia, schizanthus, cockscomb and Dimorphotheca 

 auriantiaca, the last of which has handsome hy- 

 brids now, are among other suitable annuals for 

 pots. The balsam, nemesia and schizanthus, like 

 clarkia, develop better in pots than in the garden. 



One of the biennials, the Canterbury bell, is as 



