FOR FARM AND HOME PLANTING 



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Cobea (Cobaea scandens) is one of the most rapid growing of the annual vines 

 and hence excellent for quick effects. 



grounds. They may also be appropriately placed as border plantings 

 along garden walks, about the base of buildings or in front of walls or fences. 



Annuals are fortunately very easy to grow. Almost all of them may 

 be grown successfully by sowing the seeds of the plants directly in the 

 permanent beds, but usually better plants are obtained by seeding them in 

 hotbeds or cold frames or in boxes of earth in the house, from which 

 they may later be transplanted to the beds. Frequently the plants come 

 into blossom a month earlier when grown in this manner and hence a 

 longer flowering season is obtained. 



The kinds of annuals are so numerous that a selection is largely a 

 matter of personal preference. The pansies, if sown in July or August, 

 produce an excellent early spring display, while if seeded indoors in late 

 winter and planted in a partially shaded location, they should bloom 

 continuously during the summer. The sweet alyssum, dusty-miller, 

 candytuft and lobelia make excellent edging plants, while for summer flower 

 displays, nasturtiums, petunias, coxcomb, stocks, verbenia, annual phlox, 

 poppies, salyia, zinnias and balsams are all easily grown and very effective. 

 Portulaca is most accommodating in covering dry sandy banks and 

 the heliotrope, marguerites, stocks and mignonette in furnishing the gar- 

 dens with their delightful fragrance. For large foliage effects there is 

 nothing to compare with ricinus or castor oil bean, while the large beau- 



