CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



nual Lupin, Lavatera, and Eschscholtzia; while Ca- 

 lendula, Calliopsis, Painted Daisies, and annual Gail- 

 lardia, often troublesome after transplanting, had 

 better be sown in their places too. 



Generally Sweet Alyssum is sown in the garden, 

 but sometimes in the nursery when the early Pansies 

 are occupying too much of their space at the edge of 

 the bed. Sweet Alyssum transplants very well, and 

 with plenty of watering can replace the Pansies at 

 any time, when the latter must be replaced. 



Experienced horticulturists believe that the self- 

 sown plants, either annuals or perennials, are the 

 hardiest, and most likely to produce the strongest 

 possible bloom, especially when not transplanted. For 

 this reason, it is sometimes advisable to allow a few 

 flowers of the self-sowing varieties to go to seed, and 

 when the yoimg plants must be moved, the earth 

 should be soaked, and kept intact about the roots. 



Except with a few varieties of annuals, it is easier 

 to sow and care for a quantity of seedlings in the 

 limited space of a nursery, and then to transplant 

 them when older into the beds, than it is to sow them 

 in the garden where they are to grow, and there to 

 try to watch and care for such young things in beds 

 already well occupied with large plants. In the latter 

 case many seedlings will suffer from shading. But 

 this advice do'es not necessarily apply to the low- 

 growing annuals for the front of a bed; for instance, 



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