ON THE CULTURE OF ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 45 



through the surface. If the weather is very dry, the places 

 where the seeds are sown may be watered, in order to make 

 them vegetate more freely. When the young plants are an 

 inch or two high, they may be thinned to about two inches 

 apart, and they may be in every way treated as other plants, 

 according to their different habits. 



In sowing annuals, some taste will be required, in order 

 that they show to a good advantage when in flower. In some 

 cases, annuals have a very pretty effect when they are sown 

 in beds separately, as on beds made in grass plats ; and even 

 in four feet lineal beds, the bright flowering kinds, as Phlox 

 JDmmmondii, Larkspurs, globe tfmaranthus, and the pretty 

 China Aster, have a very pleasing appearance. When 

 mingled with the different kinds of shrubs and herbaceous 

 plants in the flower border, they should be so arranged, that 

 the taller kinds are placed in the back of the border, and the 

 pretty dwarf kinds are brought to the front, near the eye. 

 There is also much taste required in placing them, so as to 

 have a mingled appearance in their blossoming, to form a 

 pleasing variety, which may be effected by referring to the 

 Descriptive List affixed hereto. 



In forming a Descriptive List of Annuals, I have selected 

 those which are easily cultivated, and are suited to this cli- 

 mate. I am aware that there are several pretty varieties that 

 have been here omitted, owing to their being too tender, with 

 common cultivation ; and I hope the list here following will 

 form a satisfactory collection to those who are desirous to 

 cultivate them. 



ART. 4. Descriptive List of Annual Flowers.* 

 In giving a List of Annual Flowers, I have divided them 

 into three classes, namely, tender, less tender, and hardy ; a 



* The list presented in this article, includes all the old and well known 

 varieties. For a copious descriptive list of recently introduced annual 

 flowers, see Appendix, Art. 1. 



