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of the borders. Sow where they are to flower. They bloom all 



summer. 



Cosmos, t. a., six feet. 



This is the tallest and latest flowering annual. The seed is best 

 started indoors and set out when danger of frost is past in good soil 

 and a sheltered position, giving each plant several feet of room for 

 development. The lovely flowers are pink, rose, and white. The 

 variety known as Lady Lenox is a lovely pink and very large flow- 

 ered, and there is also a white Lady Lenox. 

 Delphinium, h. a., three feet. Annual Larkspurs. 



Invaluable plants for cutting, as well as for garden decoration. 

 The long spikes of flowers are pink, rose, lavender, purple, and 

 white. They are best sown very early in spring where they are to 

 flower, and well thinned when an inch or so high. There are various 

 forms, but I think the "tall branched" is the best. 

 Dianthus Chinensis, h. a., six to twelve inches. Indian Pink. 



Floriferous little plants, jewel-like in their brilliance and with the 

 charm common to all Pinks. They are lovely for edging and come 

 in many good varieties. Crimson Belle is a very bright single; 

 Purity, a lovely double white; Fireball, double and very bright; 

 Mourning Cloak is double and dark crimson strikingly edged with 

 white. Salmon Queen, which may be had either single or double, is 

 a beautiful colour, and Lucifer is a splendid new sort with dazzling 

 scarlet flowers with fringed edges. Often these plants will survive 

 a winter and bloom early the following spring. 

 Dimorphotheca aurantiaca, twelve to fifteen inches, h. h. a. Na- 

 maqualand Daisy. 



This gorgeous South African is a newcomer to our gardens and 

 is so good that it bids fair to make some of the old sorts look to 

 their laurels. The great daisy like flowers are a beautiful warm 

 salmon-orange in colour, with a black central ring. It blooms all 

 summer and seems oblivious to drought. If started outdoors, 

 early May is time enough. 

 Erysimum Arkansanum, h. a., eighteen inches. Alpine Wallflower. 



This and E. Peroskianum are lovely annuals, bearing their gay 

 yellow or orange flowers all summer if not allowed to go to seed. 

 They are much like Wallflowers and are fragrant. 



