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annuals is to take a round-pointed stick, with which draw a circle 

 six or eight inches in diameter and from one eighth of an inch to 

 an inch deep, according to the size of the seed, placing a label 

 with the name on in the center ; the labels should be five or six 

 inches long, painted white and marked with a lead pencil before 

 the paint is dry. Larkspur and many of the hardy annuals when 

 sown in autumn, lie dormant all winter, making much stronger 

 plants and flowering earlier than those sown in spring. The 

 dwarf rocket larkspurs when sown on the edges of the borders 

 present a most beautiful sight with their various colors ; seed 

 requires to be sown in October, and protected by a slight cover- 

 ing of straw during winter. Phlox drummondii, all shades of 

 colors, delights in a moist situation ; seed sown one-eighth of an 

 inch deep in May, blooms from June until October. Nemophilla 

 insignas, or blue love grove, a very pretty dwarf plant, likes a 

 rich soil and moist situation, suitable for vases. Aronia umbe- 

 lata, a very pretty annual, with long trailing stems, bearing beau- 

 tiful lilac and white flowers, very fragrant, suitable for vases ; 

 the seed may be sown early in April, flowering in June. Aster 

 chinensis, or china aster ; this beautiful annual comprising over 

 twenty-five different varieties. Trufi'ants, cultivated by Truf- 

 faits at Versailles, in France, for general cultivation is the best, 

 on account of the beauty of its flowers and the variety of its 

 colors ; seed sown in the open ground in May, in rich soil ; all 

 single or semi-double flowers should be pulled up and thrown 

 away. Calliopsis, or coreopsis, this is a very showy annual ; 

 fourteen difierent varieties ; flowers bright yellow, mottled with 

 a rich velvety crimson, highly ornamental ; seed may be sown in 

 October, or early in April ; easily transplanted. Balsams, or 

 ladies' slipper, a well-known tender annual. The camelia-flowered 

 contains twelve varieties, of all shades of colors, variously striped 

 and mottled ; seed sown in the open ground the latter part of 

 May; to have them early, the seed should be sown in pots in the 

 house in April, and transplanted to the garden when four inches 

 high ; plant singly, pulling up all single or semi-double flowers. 

 Cuphea platycentra, a very pretty annual, or greenhouse peren- 

 nial, with scarlet and purple flowers, suitable for vases, flowering 

 all summer and Avinter, if taken up and kept in the house ; seed 

 may be sown in pots in the house in April ; plants may be pro- 

 cured from any florist for a trifle. Cyprus vine, a splendid run- 

 ning vine, delicate foliage, bright crimson flowers of a star shape. 



