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present itself near the front here and there for a patch 

 of some favourite annual, and particularly is this the case 

 where clumps of bulbs are used for spring bloom. A few 

 seeds sprinkled near Daffodils and Tulips while they are 

 in flower will give a natural succession. The annuals will 

 be coming on while the bulbs are going off, and in due 

 course will worthily fill their places. All the best of the 

 annuals have been improved in recent years, and few 

 more than the Candytuft. The modern spiral white, 

 which may be offered under the name of White Spiral, 

 or White Queen, or White Empress, is a vast improve- 

 ment on the old flat-headed form, and lasts much longer. 

 I commend, too, a variety called Rose Cardinal, for its 

 bright colour. The heads of bloom are not nearly 

 so deep as those of the spiral white, and it is a relatively 

 bad seeder, but the tint is distinct and pretty. 



CARNATION. See special chapter. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. With the Michaelmas Daisy as 

 an increasingly powerful competitor the Chrysanthemum 

 does not occupy that commanding position as a late- 

 blooming garden plant which it would otherwise assuredly 

 fill. The two great flowers are in season together, and the 

 superior hardiness and more simple culture of the Michael- 

 mas Daisy gives it pre-eminence. But the Chrysanthe- 

 mum is an important plant in colour-grouping, and might 

 be made more use of than it is for transplanting from 

 reserve beds to take the places of fading flowers, for it 

 moves well even when in bud if watering is practised 

 liberally both before and after the shifting. Strangely 

 enough it is the cottager who makes most use of the 

 Chrysanthemum. The Michaelmas Daisy does not ap- 

 peal to him, although it is the hardier of the two and 

 never disappoints by dying out in a wet winter as the 



