Annuals from ^>eeti 



wear the last are best. It would be difficult to find a 

 flower more beautiful than a vivid-coloured single 

 Dahlia. 



For the rockwork try English Daisies pink, white, 

 crimson, and striped. They do admirably in such a 

 situation, digging their toes in between the stones, 

 finding cool, moist spots, and holding their heads up 

 in the hot sunshine. Start the seeds where they are to 

 remain, or in a flat or cold-frame. The little plants 

 appear in from five to seven days, and will need shade 

 and moisture until they have become established. 

 For beds that lie in partial shade they make beautiful 

 borders, forming little rosettes of leaves that in the 

 fall may be taken up and divided by pulling apart into 

 as many plants are there are crowns; in this way one 

 will, in a short time, secure a large bed or border. 

 They should be protected in winter by a mulch of 

 rough stable litter, evergreen boughs, or corn-stalks, 

 and the bed raised to shed water. 



The Hibiscus (Marshmallow) is a perennial de- 

 serving much more general cultivation. Even to 

 flower lovers it seems quite unknown, and yet it is 

 cheaply and easily raised from seed, and one of the 

 hardiest of our garden perennials. There are three 

 varieties hardy in the North an immense pure white 

 blossom with a velvety crimson eye, a pale pink or 

 flesh colour, and a lovely bright pink. These three 

 are hardy in the open ground without protection, but 

 they will be stronger plants and bloom more freely 



