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they suffer from dry atmosphere and from sudden changes 

 of temperature. In the window -garden they should be pro- 

 tected from strong, direct sunlight. They are grown from 

 seeds. If the seeds are sown in early summer and the 

 young plants are transplanted as they need, flowering 

 specimens may be had for the late fall and early winter. In 

 the growing of the young plants, always avoid exposing 

 them to direct sunlight ; but they should be given a place 

 which has an abundance of screened or tempered light. A 

 new crop of plants should be raised each year. There is a 

 race of shrubby Calceolarias, but it is little known in this 

 country. One or two species are annuals which are adap- 

 table to cultivation in the open garden, and their little, 

 ladyslipper-like flowers are attractive. However, they are 

 of secondary importance as annual garden flowers. 



Calendula. These are the well known POT 

 MARIGOLDS, and add a bright spot to any garden. Annual. 

 Especially are they fine in the cool days of the fall, when 

 many of the annual flowers have gone to seed. The places 

 of short-lived plants may be filled by sowing seed of Ca- 

 lendulas in May, scattering them through the border and 

 allowing the plants to grow where they come up. Easy of 

 growth and hardy. 1-2 ft. high. Should stand 8-12 in. 

 apart. Colors, yellow and orange. 



California Poppy (Eschscholtzia Californica) . 



Low perennial, poppy-like plant, grown as a hardy annual. 



It is certainly one of the best low-growing annuals, bloom- 

 ing through a long season and being at its 

 best through the cool days of fall, after 

 touched by frost. Most of the varieties have 

 flowers of fine shades of orange or yellow, 

 making a bright spot in the border at all 

 California PO times. They are like the pot marigolds, in 



that once planted they seed themselves. 



They are never out of place, and should be left to bloom 



wherever they may be. Flowers open only in sunshine. 



