and lifted and arranged when in flower, so that only doubles Annuals for 
are employed), Pearl Nasturtiums, Gardener’s Garters, Sun- late Trans- 
flowers (double and Stella), Chrysanthemums — Precocité, planting 
Polly, Horace Martin,—and Antirrhinums— Cloth of 
Gold, Copper, and Yellow,—form yellow borders of great 
beauty. 
The colours of many annuals are distinct from those of 
other plants. Thus with Rose Queen Hollyhock, CGenothera 
Lamarckiana, Blue Larkspur, Golden Chamois Snapdragon, 
Miss Jekyll Nigella, which ought to be sown late in April, 
and copper Jacobea, a glorious effect may be produced in 
tones which it would be difficult, if not impossible, to get 
with any other plants. That sweetest of old flowers, the 
Sweet William, is not often seen in gardens, possibly because 
it stops flowering at a season when it leaves a blank, 
but there are two excellent ways of using it. The one is 
to transplant in June seedlings of the previous year into 
borders in open spaces between late flowering Phloxes, where, 
after flowering, they may be cut down or removed altogether; 
or they may be planted earlier in the year along with Mont- 
bretias and removed when over. But to have a mass of Sweet 
Williams, which is the best way to use them—and not to have 
to mourn over a large patch of bare ground in autumn—plants 
should be set in the reserve garden to replace them. China 
Asters, sown in a cold frame in the beginning of May and 
afterwards transplanted, are capital for this purpose, and Mari- 
golds managed in the same way, or Chrysanthemums, are also 
useful. Campanula pyramidalis has a fault of the same kind, 
inasmuch as it too does not flower continuously. For these 
when flowered out, Delphiniums, raised in early spring and 
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