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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



Useful annuals for edgings of beds 

 and walks, and for ribbon-beds. 



Ageratum, blue and white. 



Alyssum, sweet. 



Brachycome. 



Calandrinia. 



Clarkia. 



CoUiiLsias. 



Dianthuses or pinks. 



Gilia. 



Gypsophila muralis. 



Iberis or candytufts. 



Leptosiphons. 



Lobelia Erinus. 



Nemophilas. 



Nigellas. 



Portulaca or rose moss (Fig. 243) . 



Saponaria Calabrica. 



Specularia. 



Torenia. 



Whitlavia. 



Annuals that continue to bloom after frost. 



This list is compiled from Bulletin 161, Cornell Experiment 

 Station. Several hundred kinds of annuals were grown at this 

 station (Ithaca, N.Y.) in 1897 and 1898. The notes are given 

 in the original trade names under which the seedsmen supplied 

 the stock. 



Abronia umbeUata. 

 Adonis aestivalis ; autumnale 

 Argemone grandiflora. 

 Calendulas. /f,^^^ 



Callirrhoe. rf^X'**' 



Carduus benedictus. ^^^% 

 Centaurea Cyanus. 

 Centauridium. 

 Centranthus maoro- 

 Cerinthe retorta. [siphon. 

 Cheiranthus Cheiri. 

 Chrysanthemums . 

 Convolvulus minor ; tricolor. 

 Dianthus of various kinds. 

 Elsholtzia cristata. 



243. Portulaca, or rose moss. 



