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Petunias. Petunias are other low-growing 

 plants,. which come in well in the late summer ; they 

 prefer a moist soil, but plenty of sun. The single 

 kinds are best for growing out of doors ; the dark 

 velvety purple are most beautiful. 



Sunflowers. Annual Sunflowers are handsome, 

 and can be very well used among the taller plants. 

 They grow very quickly and need not be sown until 

 June, and should be pricked out into pots, if you 

 intend to use them for filling in the borders, as they 

 require very careful transplanting. 



Mallow Lavatera. Mallows, and their cousin 

 Lavatera trimestris, are perhaps the most useful 

 of all flowers for making our beds gay in August 

 and September ; especially the latter, for it can be 

 sown, in the open in June, and the young plants 

 move very readily, if well watered, and can be used 

 to cover patches of bare earth where bulbs have 

 died down. They will grow into fine branching 

 plants more than two feet high, bearing an immense 

 number of flowers for many weeks ; the pink variety 

 is a^ lovely clear colour. They last long in water 

 as cut flowers. 



Asters. Asters (Callistephus) are very import- 

 ant flowers for our late summer gardening ; they 



