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is rather slow in getting started in spring, but 

 once on its way produces a continuous succession 

 of large poppy-like blooms in golden yellow, pale 

 yellow and pure white, the latter especially at- 

 tractive with its crown of golden stamens. Its 

 chief merit, however, consists in its immunity to 

 frost, continuing in full bloom well into November 

 — a quality shared by few annual flowers. Per- 

 haps as close a companion as can be cited is the 

 tall-growing lupine, a beautiful annual that comes 

 in purest white, rosy mauve, sky blue, purple 

 and scarlet and white and mind not at all the 

 frost of late October and early November. The 

 soft foliage would seem ill suited to cold, but 

 if one looks closely one will notice that the fo- 

 liage is dry, not succulent like many annuals that 

 succumb readily to the first cold wave. Balsams 

 and portulacca are notable examples of this sus- 

 ceptibility. 



The nicotianas are other cold-resisting plants 

 and have the added advantage of self-sowing — 

 not to a troublesome extent but sufficiently to in- 

 sure a yearly supply of volunteer plants without 



