and lifted and arranged when in flower, so that only doubles Annuals for 

 are employed), Pearl Nasturtiums, Gardener's Garters, Sun- late Trans- 

 flowers (double and Stella), Chrysanthemums Precocite, planting 

 Polly, Horace Martin, and Antirrhinums Cloth of 

 Gold, Copper, and Yellow, form yellow borders of great 

 beauty. 



The colours of many annuals are distinct from those of 

 other plants. Thus with Rose Queen Hollyhock, CEnothera 

 Lamarckiana, Blue Larkspur, Golden Chamois Snapdragon, 

 Miss Jekyll Nigella, which ought to be sown late in April, 

 and copper Jacobtea^ a glorious effect may be produced in 

 tones which it would be difficult, if not impossible, to get 

 with any other plants. That sweetest of old flowers, the 

 Sweet William, is not often seen in gardens, possibly because 

 it stops flowering at a season when it leaves a blank, 

 but there are two excellent ways of using it. The one is 

 to transplant in June seedlings of the previous year into 

 borders in open spaces between late flowering Phloxes, where, 

 after flowering, they may be cut down or removed altogether ; 

 or they may be planted earlier in the year along with Mont- 

 bretias and removed when over. But to have a mass of Sweet 

 Williams, which is the best way to use them and not to have 

 to mourn over a large patch of bare ground in autumn plants 

 should be set in the reserve garden to replace them. China 

 Asters, sown in a cold frame in the beginning of May and 

 afterwards transplanted, are capital for this purpose, and Mari- 

 golds managed in the same way, or Chrysanthemums, are also 

 useful. Campanula pyramtdalis has a fault of the same kind, 

 inasmuch as it too does not flower continuously. For these 

 when flowered out, Delphiniums, raised in early spring and 



