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Petunia, h. h. a. 



This has long filled a useful place in our gardens and is very pretty 

 if care is used in selecting colours, for some are not good. The soft 

 frilly white ones are the prettiest and are very nice along the edges 

 of borders or for filling beds. Mr. Speer, in his fine book on Annuals, 

 says, "Propagate the seeds by sowing on the surface of a compost 

 of loam, leaf-mold, and sand in well-drained pans, in February or 

 March in a temperature of 65 degrees." In late May they may be 

 set out in the garden, allowing each plant plenty of room for develop- 

 ment. 

 Phacelia campanularia, h. a. 



This is a fine bushy little plant for the front of the border, with 

 clear blue bell-shaped flowers and gray-green foliage curiously 

 marked with claret. It may be sown out of doors in early spring, 

 and is grateful for good garden soil and sunshine. 

 Phlox Drummondii, t. a. 



This is an invaluable plant for edging as well as for beds, and 

 comes in a great number of delightful colours. We raise them in 

 the frames and set out in May but they may be sown late out of 

 doors if so desired. They love a sunny situation, and a rich, well- 

 drained soil and a pinch of lime given to each little plant heartens 

 them up greatly. If the plants are inclined to grow straggly the 

 tops may be nipped off the leading shoots. They bloom all summer. 

 Reseda, h. a., Mignonette. 



No garden would deserve the name without generous plantings of 

 sweet-breathed Mignonette. With us it self -sows freely, and I am 

 always grateful for these gratuitous patches of sweetness wherever 

 they appear in the garden. 



To have Mignonette at its best the soil should be somewhat damp, 

 but it will do well enough under ordinary garden conditions. The 

 seed may be sown out of doors early in April, and the young plants 

 should be well thinned. Some of the good varieties are Machet, 

 Golden Machet, Defiance, Parson's White, and Pyramidal. 

 Salpiglossis t. a., two feet. Painted Tongue. 



The blossoms of the Salpiglossis are much like a Petunia in shape, 

 but there the resemblance ends, for few flowers present such esthetic 

 colour schemes smoked pearl, soft amaranth, rose, burnished 



