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LADIES' FLOWER GARDENER. 



lovely ; and the different varieties give a gay and rich appearance 

 to the flower garden during the three summer months. 



The Clarkias are very pretty annuals, with a hundred other 

 varieties lately introduced, and which are all specified in Mrs. 

 Loudon's new work upon annuals. My plan is, to give a general 

 idea of their treatment only, under the classification of hardy 

 annuals, or those annuals which may be nurtured without a hot- 

 bed. 



Keep your annuals from looking wild and disorderly in a 

 garden by allotting the smaller kinds their separate patches of 

 ground ; and trim the larger annuals from branching among other 

 flowers. For instance, cut away the lower branches of the China- 

 aster, the African marigold, &c., and train the plant erect and 

 neatly to a slight rod or stick ; out away the flowers as they 

 droop, reserving one or two of the finest blooms only for seed : 

 and let each plant look clean and neat in its own order. By 

 cutting away flowers as they droop, the plant retains vigoi 

 enough to continue throwing out fresh flowers for a long peiiod. 



SECOND, OR LESS TENDER CLASS OF ANNUALS. 



African Marigold, the orange 



Yellow 



Straw-colored 



Double of each 



Double-quilled 

 French Marigold, the striped 



The yellow 



Sweet-scented 

 China-aster, the double 



Double purple 



Double white 



Double-striped 

 Marvel of Peru, the red striped 



Yellow-striped 



Long-tubed 

 Chrysanthemum, the double white 



Double yellow 



Double-quilled 



Sultan, the yellow 



White 



Red 

 Indian Pink, double 



Single 



Large imperial 

 Alkekengi 

 Palma Christi, the common 



Tall red-stalked 



Smaller green-leaved 



Smallest 

 Tobacco, long-leaved Virginia 



Broad-leaved 



Branching perennial 

 Love Apple, with red fruit 



With yellow fruit 

 Gourds, the round smooth orange 



Rock, or warted 



Pear-shaped yellow 



Pear-shaped striped 



