PLANNING THE GARDEN 



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This same group of plants will bloom in the following 

 months : 



June 



centaurea petunia sweet pea 



pansy (started the previous summer) poppy 



poppy sweet pea 



salvia zinnia 



snapdragon 

 stock 



pink stock 



poppy sunflower 



salvia sweet pea 



snapdragon zinnia 



September 



aster cosmos pansy (started in April) stock 



calendula dimorpotheca petunia sunflower 



calliopsis marigold pink sweet pea 



centaurea mignonette poppy zinnia 

 cockscomb nasturtium salvia 



The colors of these vary widely ; " some of them, such as asters 

 and sweet peas, are to be had in almost all colors. Ordinarily they 

 are as follows : 



asters, all colors 

 alyssum, best in white 

 balsam, pinks, reds, white 

 calendula, yellows 

 calliopsis, yellow with red 



brown 



candytuft, best in white 

 centaurea, best in blue 



or 



cockscomb, brilliant reds 



cosmos, pink, white, crimson 



dimorpotheca, orange 



marigold, yellows 



mignonette, flowers in spikes, with 

 blossoms of pale yellows and 

 reds (get the best seed) 



nasturtiums, yellows and reds 



