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but he thought it not what the introducer recommended it to be. 

 He had not seen any good results from it. He beheved there were 

 some good varieties in existence but he had not seen them. 



Duncan Finlayson suggested Canterbury bells and foxgloves 

 used as annuals, which could be done if the seed was sown early in 

 the spring. 



Mr. Cameron spoke favorably of the everlastings and of the mari- 

 golds which would furnish bloom until the frost comes. He said 

 there were few annuals for spring flowering that made a more 

 splendid show than Silene peyidula if planted in mass. 



J. Woodward Manning recommended the dwarf forms of mari- 

 golds which he thought more desirable than the tall growing vari- 

 eties. He also spoke favorably of the Godetia of which the finest 

 bed he had ever seen was at Bar Harbor, Maine, where they seem 

 to do better than further inland; they were as good and as beautiful 

 as he had seen in England. 



Mr. Craig added Godetia and also Clarkia to the catalogue of 

 desirable annuals, but stated that people seeing them in Europe 

 are so impressed with their appearance as they grow there that they 

 come back and sow large areas of them; but find they will not stand 

 the hot sun of our American summers. He said that mignonette 

 needs rich soil and that the seeds should be sown the first of April, 

 not later than the tenth, and covered lightly with soil. 



