4 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



can be depended upon to give the finest colour displays 

 obtainable. 



Climbing Annuals are fairly plentiful, and the tall Tropae- 

 olums, Ipomaeas, Sweet Peas, and others, with Giant Sun- 

 flowers and Mallows, will hide the fences, and form screens 

 and backgrounds for the intermediate and dwarf subjects. In 

 the foreground we may place such plants as Phlox Dt-umviondii, 

 Alyssiim marituman.Brachycome ibendifolia,dwa.v{ Tropaeolums 

 of the Tom Thumb strain, dwarf Convolvuluses, Mignonette, 

 Nemesias, Phacelia ca)npaui4/aria, Diascia Bafberae, and others. 



Not a few Hardy and Half-hardy Annuals are capital sub- 

 jects for pot culture for the decoration of the Greenhouse 

 or Conservatory, and a few that readily come to mind in 

 this connection are the double Clarkias, Nemesias, the fine 

 varieties of Chrysanthemum — these are grown extensively 

 in pots for market sale, — Salpiglossis in many colours and 

 exquisitely veined, Rhodantlie Mang/esii, Mignonette, Phlox 

 Druinmondii, Linums, Kochia tricho/>hila, Collinsia bicolor, and 

 China Asters, though it is not often the Asters are grown 

 in pots from seed sowing to flowering, the practice being to 

 raise them in a little warmth, plant them out-of-doors, and 

 then lift and pot them directly the flowers show their colour. 



Annuals appeal irresistibly to many people because the 

 flowers are e.\quisite for cutting. Flowers fill so large a 

 place in the amenities of the household, that if suitable 

 kinds can be grown in quantity, and cheaply, it is a great 

 advantage. It must be said, however, that the usefulness of 

 Annuals in this direction is not fully appreciated, and it is 

 a fortunate circumstance that Mr. Felton, in his " British 

 Floral Decorations," refers to this matter. He specially re- 

 commends Asters, Clarkiaelegansy Cosmos, Godetias, especially 

 G. Schaminii fl. pi., Gypsophila elegans, Lavatera and Malope 

 (used at home only), Nemesias, Nigella Miss Jekyll, Salpi- 

 glossis, Scabious, Stocks, the Stella group of Sunflowers, Sweet 



