HERBACEOUS PLANTS CHIEFLY GROWN IN CALIFORNIA 



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tions; whether it is thrifty and contented or not; how beautiful its 

 foliage is; how its bloom meets your notion of desirability; how it 

 fits into your color scheme and what place it will take in the suces- 

 sion of bloom which you should always work for or you will not 

 get all the climate has for you. 



But we know the reader will not be content to have us push him 

 off to the catalogues, so we have made a list from our own experience 

 and observation and from our notebooks and can name the following 

 as the open-air herbaceous plants which are actually most favored 

 by California amateur growers: 



Ageratum Lychnis 



Alyssum Marigolds 



Asters Mignonette 



Browallia Nasturtium 



Calceolaria Pansy 



Calliopsis or Coreopsis Penstemon 



Campanula Petunia 



Candytuft Phlox 



Cenfcaurea Pinks 



Chrysanthemum (Annual) ' Poppies 

 Cineraria Portulacca 



Clarkia Pyrethrum 



Columbine Rudbeckia 



Cosmos Salvia 



Daisies Salpiglossis 



Euchardium Scabiosa 



Flax (scarlet) Schizanthus 



Forget-Me-Nots Sweet Pea 



Foxglove Snapdragon 



Gaillardia Stocks 



Godetia Sweet William 



Gypsophila Sunflower 



Hollyhock Verbena 



Larkspur Violet 



Lobelia Wallflower 



Lupin Zinnia 



The foregoing is not intended to indicate that these are the best 

 plants of their class. It simply means that these are approved by 

 many people and invites you to find better if you can by trying 

 others of which the seed is just as easily obtained. The list is 

 restricted to those of more or less upright growth-habit; herbaceous 

 vines will be mentioned in another connection. 



And now it is fitting to remark briefly upon each of the plants, or 

 groups of plants, indicated above, noting culture methods when 



