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bloom for six weeks, and, if cut, the flowers may be kept for 

 ten days. 



Butterfly-Flower (Schizanthus) . — Interesting orchid-like flow- 

 ers. Height, one foot to two, very free-blooming and of 

 the easiest culture. Best varieties Grahami, pinnatus, returns. 

 Wisetonends the best for pot-culture. All are good for cutting 

 and massing. 



Annual Lupins. — These bloom in August from May sow- 

 ings, and may be sown to fill the vacant places left after Orien- 

 tal poppies and other early-flowering plants have done bloom- 

 ing; they are of rapid growth and bloom plentifully long after 

 frost. The new hybridus roseus is one of the best varieties; 

 Hartwegii lutens (yellow) and mutabilis (various colors) are the 

 best sorts; the last makes a plant three feet in height. Lupins 

 are excellent for cut flowers. 



Annual Chrysanthemums. — ^These are altogether dififerent 

 things from the heavy-headed show-chrysanthemum of the 

 florists and the exhibitions. They are graceful, daisy-like 

 flowers; the plants blooming profusely from early summer 

 until late frost; average height from a foot to a foot and a half; 

 excellent for growing in masses. Sow in the seed-bed and 

 transplant later to their permanent homes, or else sow where 

 they are to grow, thinning later until the plants are ten inches 

 apart. A Uttle pinching back in early life makes these chrysan- 

 themums into bushy, sturdy specimens. Of the tricolor chrys- 

 anthemum, Burridgeanum and Eclipse are the best varieties, 

 and the double forms of C. coronarium are the best. C. segetum 

 grandiflorum is taller-growing and especially good for cutting. 

 C. multicaule, a dwarf yellow sort, three inches in height, makes 

 a charming edging. 



Annual Sunflowers. — Helianthus cucumer if alius, sown in 

 May, will bloom profusely from July until November; plants 

 are about four feet high, many-branched, bearing hundreds 



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