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rose colour. The " Eocket Larkspur " (D. ajacis), 

 is pretty, but not so tall or so effective. 



Linums. Linum grandiflorum is one of our 

 best annuals ; brilliant carmine in colour, about one 

 foot high. The seedlings should be thinned out to 

 several inches apart, and they will then grow out 

 well, and give a beautiful bit of colour for many 

 weeks. The seed should be soaked in water for 

 an hour or two before sowing ; this makes it rather 

 like a jelly, but if some dry sand is mixed with it 

 you can handle it more easily. 



Love - in - a - Mist. The old-fashioned flower 

 "Love-in-a-mist," Nigella damascena, is always 

 welcome, its clear bright sky-blue colour being so 

 valuable among other plants ; the variety " Miss 

 Jekyll " is the prettiest. It can be sown in autumn 

 for June flowering, or in April for the later 

 summer, and when once it is established you will 

 not easily lose it, for it sows itself very readily. 

 Do not let the plants be thicker than six inches 

 apart ; they will transplant when young if they are 

 carefully handled and watered. 



Mignonette. You ought not to be without some 

 patches of Mignonette (Reseda odorata), but it is 

 not one of the most easy annuals to grow, for in 



