THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



Nicotiana, both Sylvestris, Affinis and the 

 hybrid varieties which yield larger flowers 

 than the ordinary tobacco plant and range 

 through many colors, are very simply raised 

 from seed, and, as they bloom continuously, 

 are a great addition to our gardens. 



A charming, old-time annual is the kochia, 

 or summer cypress. It seeds itself, so that if 

 there is even one plant in the garden seed 

 need never be bought. When the little plants 

 are a couple of inches in height they should 

 be transplanted to a foot apart. They grow 

 two feet high, are naturally symmetrical in 

 growth, have pale green, feathery foliage, and 

 make a charming little hedge about the seed- 

 bed or the nursery. In autumn the foliage 

 turns dark crimson. 



Salpiglossis is a valuable annual, bloom- 

 ing so luxuriantly that one wonders that any 

 plant can produce so many blossoms. The 

 flowers are white splotched with crimson, or 



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