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USEFUL ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS 

 FOR CUTTING 



OF late years there have been so many beautiful 

 additions to our annual flowers that I feel they 

 well deserve a short chapter to themselves. 



It is unfortunate that a great many of them, 

 owing to their somewhat frail nature, cannot be 

 successfully packed for travelling ; this limits, to a 

 very great extent, their field of utility, but those 

 who can devote a small piece of their garden to 

 growing them for home use will find many of them 

 provide a welcome change in colour and line. 



Some of the colours under this heading are in- 

 describably beautiful, such as Godetia Schamini 

 H. pl.y Lavatera, Scabiosa Caucassica, Aquilegias 

 (Columbines), to say nothing of Shirley and Iceland 

 Poppies. 



All annuals should be cut quite early in the 

 morning, as when once the sun has opened 

 them they last a very short time. It is also most 



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