ANNUALS 



pureus, or Pharbitis hispida, the common, well- 

 known Morning Glory, though a half-hardy 

 annual from tropical America, will succeed in the 

 open ground in northern Maine, but it is not 

 apparently well suited to this region, as it never 

 grows there with the luxuriance commonly seen 

 in more southern localities. I have always 

 planted my seeds in the open ground in May, 

 and doubtless would succeed better if the plants 

 were started under cover a month or so earlier, 

 but I hardly care to do it. The seeds will ger- 

 minate earlier if soaked in warm water for a 

 couple of hours before planting. I have tried 

 persistently the widely advertised Imperial Jap- 

 anese Morning Glories, giving them the best 

 possible position and soil, and carefully tending 

 them. The flowers were of charming colorings, 

 but I got no blossoms that would measure more 

 than two inches across, instead of the four or five 

 inches promised by the seedsmen. There is also 

 a dwarf form, not a climber at all, which I have 

 tried and care nothing for. 



Chrysanthemum coronarium, or Anthemis corona- 

 ria, the Summer Chrysanthemum, or Crown 

 Daisy, is a hardy annual growing a foot or more 

 high. It is a native of southern Europe and 



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