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Table of annuals. Some annuals are hardy, such as the 

 sweet pea, and may be planted as soon as the ground thaws 

 in the spring ; while others, such as the portulaca, are tender 

 and cannot be planted till danger from frost is past. Some 

 of the characteristics of a few common annuals and details 

 regarding the planting of the seeds are given in the following 

 table. The dates given are for outdoor planting. The 

 seeds may be started in the house before this and then trans- 

 planted. In this way the flowers may be secured several 

 weeks earlier. These dates are for the latitude of New York 

 City; for other localities allow six days difference for each 

 hundred miles in latitude ; north, the dates for planting and 

 time of bloom are later ; south, they are earlier. 



TABLE OF TWENTY-FIVE COMMON ANNUALS ARRANGED IN THE 

 ORDER IN WHICH SEEDS MAY BE PLANTED 



