Gardening for Amateurs 



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Antirrhinum (Snapdragon). Strictly 

 speaking this plant is a perennial, but be- 

 ing so readily raised from seeds it is more 

 often grown as a biennial or annual. Sow 

 the-segfcls-in a cold frame during August or 

 September, or in a heated greenhouse about 

 February. Both the tall varieties, 3 feet high, 

 and the intermediate sorts, li feet high, are 

 valuable for cutting. 



Cacalia coccinea (Tassel Flower). 

 The orange scarlet blooms of this plant are 

 most effective for cutting. They are on long 



Chrysanthemum. The Annual Chrysan- 

 themums are well adapted for cutting, as the 

 blooms keep fresh in water for some time. 

 There are very many sorts : Eastern Star, 

 Northern Star, and Morning Star, H feet 

 high, Burridgeanum, 2 feet high, coron- 

 arium Golden Queen, 2 feet high, inodorum 

 Bridal Robe, double white, 1 to 1 feet high, 

 and the Corn Marigold, segetum grandiflorum, 

 2 feet high, are all excellent for cutting. 

 Seeds may be sown outside in autumn or 

 spring. 



A splendid show of Asters, always favourite flowers for gathering. 



stalks, and the distinct shade of colour is 

 very effective. The plants grow about 18 

 inches high ; seeds may be sown out of doors 

 in autumn or spring. 



Centaurea (Blue Cornflower). A very 

 old garden favourite ; there are pink and 

 white varieties, but these are scarcely so 

 popular as the blue. Sow seeds in autumn 

 or spring outside. The plants are bushy, 

 about 3 feet high. The mauve, white, and 

 yellow flowers of the Sweet Sultan are 

 greatly liked by some people. The plants 

 grow about 2 feet high ; seeds may !>< >n\\ n in 

 a frame or out of doors in spring or ant num. 



Cosmos bipinnatus. Everyone who has 

 anything to do with table decoration grows 

 Cosmos (or Cosmea). There are white, rosy, 

 and rosy -crimson sorts. Rather a long 

 season of growth is necessary, so seeds should 

 be sown in a warm greenhouse during 

 February. The ordinary variety grows 5 to 6 



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Calliopsis. For providing quantities of 

 flowers to cut the Calliopsis or Annual 

 Coreopsis is particularly valuable. C. tinc- 

 toria, 2 feet high : ('. I >nmimn<lii, 1 foot to 

 1 ,J feet high, are delightful. Sow seed outside 

 in September, March, and April. 



