CHAPTER IX 



BIENNIALS AND A FEW BEDDING-OUT PLANTS 



^ INHERE are but few hardy biennials. 



The important ones, w^hich no garden 



should be without, are : Digitalis (Foxgloves) 



and Campanula medium, (Canterbury Bells.) 



Foxgloves and Canterbury Bells bloom in 

 June and July for more than a month, and 

 give a touch of glory to any garden. 



Catalogues and many gardening books 

 say that the seeds should be sown in early 

 autumn, and the plants will bloom the fol- 

 lowing year. It is true that they will bloom 

 when sown in the autumn, but unless kept 

 over the winter in a cold-frame the plants 

 will send up stalks, only about a foot in 

 height. 



Sow the seeds of Foxgloves and Canter- 

 bury Bells in the shady part of the seed- 



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