CHAPTER VII 



ANNUALS 



nr^HERE are so many annuals that I will 

 write only about the few which are 

 easiest to grow and are most desirable. For 

 me a flower must have merits for decorating 

 the house as well as for making the garden 

 beautiful. 



The other day I found an English book 

 on flowers, and at once sat down to read 

 it, expecting enjoyment and profit from every 

 page; but at the end of a few minutes I 

 came upon the following paragraph: 



"Particularly to most women one of the 

 chief uses or functions of a garden is to 

 provide flowers to be cut for the decora- 

 tion of rooms. But I hold that a flower 

 cut from its plant and placed in a vase 

 is as a scalp on the walls of a wigwam." 



And I read no further in that book. 



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