Annuals 249 



COTTON (Gossypium herbaceum). Pale yellow with dark eye. July; 3 feet. 

 Large, bold leaves. Warm situations. Will not grow North. Rich soil. 



*CYPRESS VINE (Ipomcea quamoclit). Flowers scarlet, white. June, 

 July; vine 10 to 20 feet. A dark green, very feathery foliage, making 

 dense mass. Scald seeds before sowing. Outdoors May; indoors 

 March and April. Water freely. 



EVERLASTING (Helichrysum bracteatum). Yellow to dull crimson and 

 white. August; 2 to 3 feet. The semi-double daisy-like flowers 

 endure indefinitely when cut and dried. This is the largest flowered 

 everlasting. Others are Helipterum roseum, bright pink, flat; 

 H . Rhodanthe or Mangle si, bright pink, long; Xeranthemum annuum y 

 purple. All of easiest culture in any soil. 



FLAX (Linum grandiflorum). Red. July; I to 2 feet. Colour varies, 

 but the glossy appearance is very attractive. Flowers I to i \ inches 

 across. Only good in the border, fading as soon as cut, and killed 



by first frost. (L. usitatissimum). Blue. J inch across. 



Sow in open border in May. 



GLOBE AMARANTH (Gomphrena globosa). Pink. July; i feet. Numer-^ 

 ous colour varieties in the trade, also dwarf and compact forms. 

 Button-like heads an inch in diameter. Everlasting. 



GODETIA (CEnothera amcena^ (E. Whitneyi). Red, white. July to 

 October; i to 2 feet. Most showy large flowered annuals for shaded 

 places. Flowers i to ij inches across and peculiar satiny lustre, 

 larger in the latter species. Does also in sun. Any soil. Sow in 

 May, or in heat in March for June flowers. 



HARE S TAIL (Lagurus ovatus). Tuft of leaves 8 inches high, covered 

 with soft whitish down, and bending downward. Ideal edging plant. 

 Flower head borne several inches above the foliage, in silvery white 

 egg-like tufts an inch and a half long. 



HEMP (Cannabis sativa, var. gigantea). Greenish flowers. August; 10 

 feet. A rough-looking plant for bold foliage effects or screen. Best 

 to sow where wanted, but may be started in heat and transplanted. 

 Rich moderately moist soil. 



*Hop, JAPANESE (Humulus Japonicus, var. variegatus). August, a vine 

 10 to 20 feet. Foliage variously streaked and splashed with white 

 and deeply cut. Sow seeds outdoors in May. One of the quickest 

 growing annual vines. Self-sows freely. 



