52 MAKING OF A IXOWER GARDEN 



to use may be started in the hotbed or flats in the 

 house so as to be ready to plant out as soon as the 

 tulip or other bulbs have ceased blooming; in this 

 way they will be ready to furnish bloom much more 

 quickly than if planted in the open ground. Candy- 

 tuft is one of the annuals that comes into bloom very 

 quickly, but as it gives but one florescence, repeated 

 sowings of seed should be made, the second about the 

 time buds begin to show on the first plants; in this 

 way a succession of this most desirable plant will be 

 assured. The schizanthus is another desirable plant, 

 repeated sowings of which are necessary for a suc- 

 cession of bloom. These little plants, with their ex- 

 quisite mass of flowers of all delicate shades of white, 

 pink, rose, mauve and the like, come into bloom very 

 soon after growth begins, and present a perfect pyra- 

 mid of bloom, each plant a symmetrical bouquet, per- 

 fect, complete, but the first florescence is practically 

 all there is of it so that successive sowings should be 

 made if one desires a mass of continuous bloom. 



One of the plants which requires a little special 

 treatment is the scabiraa. This for best results should 

 be started early in hotbed or flats, and transplanted 

 out as soon as danger of frost is past, so that it may 

 come into bloom before hot weather, as it is not at 

 its best in extreme heat. It is one of our most beau- 

 tiful annuals, and the range of color is unusual, 

 white, flesh-pink, rose, terra cotta, crimson, purple^ 



