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sized plants; but they will reach up for the light 
and are apt to go outdoors in a weakened condi- 
tion. 
Annuals that are a long time reaching maturity— 
such as helichrysum, the finest of all the everlast- 
ings, and the old type of cosmos—ought never to 
be sown in the open ground. The fascinating sal- 
piglossis, also, is sown early under glass to insure 
bloom. Then there is the sweet sultan, which 
likes to get an early start so that it may give of 
its, best before the heat of midsummer. 
An effective way of using annuals is as pot plants 
—not only to fill spaces in the greenhouse but 
for the porch in summer, and for setting among 
shrubbery or in garden blanks. A great deal of 
this is done in England, where some potted an- 
nuals are superb specimen plants that cause eyes 
not familiar with them to open wide with wonder. 
Think of bushes of Clarkia elegans, a yard high 
and through, that are a mass of double pink or 
salmon blossoms! ‘These are May possibilities if 
the seed is sown indoors in September and the 
plants potted and pinched back to promote bushi- 
ness. Cosmos, for autumn; rhodanthe, one of 
the everlastings; the common double balsam, ne- 
mesia, schizanthus, cockscomb and Dimorphotheca 
auriantiaca, the last of which has handsome hy- 
brids now, are among other suitable annuals for 
pots. The balsam, nemesia and schizanthus, like 
clarkia, develop better in pots than in the garden. 
One of the biennials, the Canterbury bell, is as 
