DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ANNUAL FLOWERS, WITH DIRECTIONS 

 FOR THEIR CULTIVATION. 



The earth, all light and loveliness, in summer's golden hours, 

 Smiles in her bridal vesture clad, and crowned with festal flowers, 

 So radiantly beautiful, so like to heaven above, 

 We scarce can deem more fair that world of perfect bliss and love. 1 



AGERATUM. 



Ageratum Mexicanum. Mexican Ageratum. A half- 

 hardy annual, with light-blue compound flowers, in July and 

 August ; about one and a half foot high ; very pretty, but not 

 remarkable for beauty. 



ADONIS. 



Adonis autumnalis is a hardy annual ; the seeds sown in 

 the spring will flower in September. If sown in September, 

 they will flower the June following. The foliage is handsome ; 

 the flowers blood-red ; one to two feet high. 



ALYSSUM. 



Alyssum maritinum. Sweet Alyssum. This is a desira- 

 ble hardy annual, flowering from June to November; one foot 

 high ; flowers white, in long racemes, which continually extend 

 themselves through the season, producing flowers until killed 

 by hard frosts. This produces a fine effect when planted in 

 masses. The plants should not be planted nearer than one 

 foot from each other. 



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