CHAPTER XXIII. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



Treatment. Sowing. Saving Seed. Watering. Mignonette. Sweet 

 Pea. Asters. Balsam. Salpiglossis. Abronia. Nigella. Agera- 

 tum. Coreopsis. Sweet Allyssum. Candytuft. Clarkia. Convol- 

 vulus. Eschscoltzia. Lupins. Portulacca. Indian Shot. Lark- 

 spur. Amaranth. Gillyflower. Schizanthus. Zinnia. List of 

 Choice Species. List of Climbing Annuals. Cypress Vine. 



E CANNOT say these plants are 

 w favorites. With the number 

 of fine bedding plants now 

 easily obtainable, they are 

 by no means so much cul- 

 tivated as formerly. Yet 

 there are some which are 

 indispensable, many which are 

 endeared by old associations, and many, 

 without which our summer garden will not be complete. 

 What can excel the beauty of the annual Phlox, the bril- 

 liant contrasts of the annual Morning Glory, the dazzling 



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