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a long period. Used for flavouring soups. Grows anywhere, but 

 delights in warm, rich soil. Sow in May. Self-sows usually. 



MIGNONETTE (Reseda odorata). Greenish. July to October; i foot. 

 Grown for its fragrance. Flowers in spikes. Does not transplant 

 well. Should be sown in permanent place. Sow in succession from 

 April to August, outdoors. Last sowing will give plants for winter 

 flower. 



MOCK CYPRESS (Kochia scoparia). Grown for foliage. A dense, much- 

 branched, neat bush 2 to 2^ feet high, with linear branches, turning 

 scarlet in late summer. Sow in open in May or indoors in April. 

 Plant two feet apart in any good soil. Good for temporary hedges. 



*MOONFLOWER (Ipomcea Bona-nox). White. August to September; 15 to 

 30 feet. Most rapid growing annual vine. Flowers open at night; 

 6 inches across. Sow outdoors May; indoors January to March. 

 2 inches deep. 



'MORNING GLORY (Ipomoea purpurea). Purple, pink and blue to white. 

 July to August; vine, 10 to 20 feet. Rapid growing, profuse 

 flowering. Do not sow till ground is warm. Soak seeds in water 

 first. Resows; sometimes becomes a weed. 



[USK (Mimulus moschatus). Yellow, mottled and dotted, splashed 

 brown. July, August; J to i foot. A perennial creeper, but treated 

 as an annual. Give cool, moist situation and shade, when it is one of 

 the very best plants. Sow in May, on the surface and cover lightly. 



*NASTURTIUM, TALL (Tropaolum ma jus). , DWARF (T. minus). 



Scarlet, yellow, maroon; July to October; i to 5 feet. Will not 

 stand frost. Leaves used as salad. Good for screens, for rough 

 places, and for cut flowers. 



NEMOPHILA (Nemophila insignis). Pure blue; July, August; I to ij 

 feet. The best blue-flowered annual, blooming over a long season, 

 and having bell-shaped flowers an inch across. Moist loam in partial 

 shade. Said not to succeed around Boston. 



PANSY (Viola tricolor). Purple, blue, white, yellow. May to October; 

 \ to i foot. For early flowers sow in August and winter with protec- 

 tion. Sow outdoors from June onward; indoors January and 

 February. Best spring bedder. 



PETUNIA (Petunia hybrida). Magenta, claret, white. July to September; 

 I to 2 feet. The most profuse bloomer and sweet scented, but the 



