ANNUAL FLOWERS 



ly each tiny blossom has a spot or ring of different 

 color at the center or "eye" as it is called. Some of 

 the varieties are star shaped, others fringed. They 

 bloom all summer. 







Pansies are beloved by every one; they grow 

 about six inches high and have such charming faces 

 and combine so many colors, it is hard to describe 

 them but who needs to have pansies described! 

 They love the cool weather of early spring and fall 

 and do not bloom well during the summer unless 

 they have some shade and are well watered. 



Sweet Alyssum is a true border plant as it grows 

 only about three inches high and is just smothered 

 in tiny fragrant, white blossoms. It blooms when it 

 is barely out of the ground, and continues a long 

 time. When the seeds ripen they drop and soon 

 you have new plants blooming where the old ones 

 were. 



Forget-me-not is a dear blue flower and blue 

 flowers are rather scarce. It grows about five 

 inches high. I never yet have seen a child who did 

 not love forget-me-nots. They always bloom in the 

 spring, and like the pansy prefer cool shaded places. 



Verbenas are the shortest of all for they lie flat 

 on the ground, just sending up the blossom stalk, 

 and spread out so far they will cover three feet of 



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