Annuals 



you would harvest string beans or tomatoes; that is what they are for. 

 You do not have to consider the "looks" of your garden. You will not be 

 afraid to pick them. The old stalks will remain, as the stumps of cabbages, 

 do. When you have harvested an armful your garden is not despoiled. 



I like each plant in its season. China aster is a fall flower. In early 

 summer I want pansies or candytufts and other early or quick bloomers 

 For the small amateur 

 garden, greenhouses and 

 hotbeds are unneces- 

 sary, and they are usu- 

 ally in the way. There 

 are enough kinds of an- 

 nuals that may be sown 

 directly in the open 

 ground, even in New 

 York, to fill any garden. 

 All those I have men- 

 tioned are such. In 

 general, I should not 

 try to secure unusually 

 early effects in any kind 

 of plant by starting it 

 extra early. I should 

 get early effects with 

 kinds of plants that 

 naturally are early. 

 Let everything have 

 its season. Do not try 

 to telescope the months. 



You can sow the 

 seeds of most annuals 

 even in ]\Iay I have 

 sown China asters in 

 the open ground in 

 early June in New York 

 State and have had 

 excellent fall bloom. 



