ANEMONE ANNUALS 



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the same manner as in the border, bringing them into the 

 couservatory or house at intervals through the winter, 

 where they make an excellent showing when in bloom. 



The little wild Wind Flowers are easily colonized in a 

 hardy border. 



Annuals. The annual flowers of the seedsmen 

 are those which give their best bloom in the very year 

 in w r hich the seeds are sown. True annuals are those 

 plants which complete their entire life-cycle in one season. 

 Some of the so-called annual flowers will continue to bloom 

 the second and third years, but the bloom is so poor and 

 sparse after the first season that it does not pay to keep 

 them. 



Most annuals will bloom in central New York if the seeds 

 are sown in the open ground when the weather becomes 

 thoroughly settled. But there are some kinds, as Cosmos 

 and Moonflowers, for which our season is commonly too 

 short to give good bloom. These kinds may be started early 

 in the house or in hotbeds ; and similar treatment may be 

 given any plants of which it is desired 

 to secure blooms before the normal time. 



Prepare the ground thoroughly and 

 deep. Annuals must make a quick 

 growth. See that the soil contains 

 enough humus or vegetable mold to 

 make it rich and to enable it to 

 hold moisture. If the ground is 

 not naturally rich, spade in well- 

 rotted manure or mold from the 

 woods. A little commercial ferti- 

 lizer may help in starting off the 

 plants quickly. Prepare the land 

 as early in spring as it is in fit condition, and prevent 

 evaporation by keeping the surface loose by means of 

 raking. 



If the flowers are to be grown about the edges of the 



A box garden 



