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every appearance of neatness. Many Annuals are valuable 

 as pot plants for the conservatory, as, for instance, Rhodanthe 

 maculata, Celosia pltimosa, Campanula pyramidalis , C. medium, 

 and Schizanthus retusus. There are no more brilliantly 

 coloured flowers than the American Eschscholzias and the 

 gaudily painted varieties of Chrysanthevium tricolor. 



It is hoped that the present volume contains such practi- 

 cal information as will help to popularise Annuals and induce 

 cultivators to expend more cars upon them, for I am con- 

 vinced that they do not occupy the prominent position in 

 our schemes of "Present-Day Gardening" that tiieir merits 

 deserve. 



For the present purpose the " Kew Hand List of Herbace- 

 ous Plants" has been taken as the authority in the matter of 

 nomenclature. The genera are arranged alphabetically in 

 each division of the book, and the popular names are given 

 in cases where these are generally known. Thanks are ten- 

 dered to Mr. Walter Irving and Mr. S. Arnott for kindly 

 assistance in the text, and to Messrs, Sutton & Sons and to 

 Messrs. Debbie & Co. for the specimens illustrated in the 

 plates. 



C. H. C. 



