Annuals 



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daturas, balsams, annual pinks, candytufts, bachelor's-buttons, wallflowers, 

 gilias, larkspurs, petunias, gaillardias, snapdragons, cockscombs, lobelias, 

 coreopsis or calliopsis, California poppies, four-o"clocks, sweet sultans, phloxes, 

 mignonettes, scabiosas, dwarf nasturtiums, marigolds, China asters, salpiglossis, 

 nicotianas, pansies, portulacas, castor beans, poppies, sunflowers, verbenas, 

 stocks, alyssums, and such good old running plants as scarlet runners, sweet 

 peas, convolvuluses, ipomeas, nasturtiums, balloon vines and cobeas. Of 

 the annual vines of recent introduction, the Japanese hop has at once 

 taken a prominent place for the covering of fences and arbors, although 

 it has no floral beauty to recommend it. 



For bold mass-displays of colour in the rear of the grounds or along 

 the borders, some of 

 the coarser species 

 are desirable. My 

 own favourites for 

 such use are sun- 

 flower, castor bean, 

 and striped Japanese 

 corn for the back 

 rows ; zinnias for 

 bright efl'ects in the 

 scarlets and lilacs ; 

 African marigolds for 

 brilliant yellows ; nic- 

 otianas for whites. 

 Unf ortun a t e 1 y, we 

 have no robust- 

 growing annuals with 

 good blues. Some 

 of the larkspurs are 

 perhaps the nearest 

 approach to it. 



For lower-grow- 

 ing and less gross 

 mas s-displays the 

 following are good : 



CalllOrma poppies tor Homed poppy (Glaucium luteum). Sometimes grown as an annual 



