Annuals 249 



COTTON (Gossypium herbaceuni). Pale yellow with dark eye. July; 3 feet. 



Large, bold leaves. Warm situations. Will not grow North. Rich soil. 

 *CYPRESS VINE (Ipomosa quamoclit). Flowers scarlet, white. June, 



July; vine 10 to 20 feet. A dark green, very feathery foliage, making 



dense mass. Scald seeds before sowing. Outdoors May; indoors 



March and April. Water freely. 

 EVERLASTING (Helichrysum bracteatum). Yellow to dull crimson and 



white. August; 2 to 3 feet. The semi-double daisy-like flowers 



endure indefinitely when cut and dried. This is the largest flowered 



everlasting. Others are Helipterum roseum, bright pink, flat; 



H . Rhodanthe or Mangle si, bright pink, long; Xeranthemum annuum, 



purple. All of easiest culture in any soil. 

 FLAX (Linum grandifloruni). Red. July; I to 2 feet. Colour varies, 



but the glossy appearance is very attractive. Flowers I to I J inches 



across. Only good in the border, fading as soon as cut, and killed 



by first frost. (L. usitatissimum). Blue. J inch across. 



Sow in open border in May. 

 GLOBE AMARANTH (Gomphrena globosa). Pink. July; i feet. Numer-* 



ous colour varieties in the trade, also dwarf and compact forms. 



Button-like heads an inch in diameter. Everlasting. 

 GODETIA (CEnothera amcena y (E. Whitneyi). Red, white. July to 



October; i to 2 feet. Most showy large flowered annuals for shaded 



places. Flowers i to \\ inches across and peculiar satiny lustre, 



larger in the latter species. Does also in sun. Any soil. Sow in 



May, or in heat in March for June flowers. 

 HARE'S TAIL (Lagurus ovatus). Tuft of leaves 8 inches high, covered 



with soft whitish down, and bending downward. Ideal edging plant. 



Flower head borne several inches above the foliage, in silvery white 



egg-like tufts an inch and a half long. 

 HEMP (Cannabis sativa, var. gigantea). Greenish flowers. August; 10 



feet. A rough-looking plant for bold foliage effects or screen. Best 



to sow where wanted, but may be started in heat and transplanted. 



Rich moderately moist soil. 

 *Hop, JAPANESE (Humulus Japonicus, var. variegatus). August, a vine 



10 to 20 feet. Foliage variously streaked and splashed with white 



and deeply cut. Sow seeds outdoors in May. One of the quickest 



growing annual vines. Self-sows freely. 



