CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



Consequently they sow the spreading variety of Sweet 

 Alyssum close to the line of Forget-me-nots, which is 

 later partly covered by the creeping white sprays that 

 mingle well with the scantier blossoms of sky-blue. 



After the first splendid bloom (July 1) of fall-sown 

 Feverfew, some of us choose to replace it with the 

 same plants, spring-sown; either by transplanting the 

 latter from the open spring nursery sometime in June, 

 or else by sowing seeds of Feverfew in April near their 

 older brothers in the garden. Spring-sown outdoors, 

 it blooms by August. 



All the annuals of the hardiest class may be sown 

 also in the spring. 



Shirley Poppies sown April I in the garden, bloom 

 in late June, and are not transplantable. 



The Second Class 



Sown August. — In this class are the Pansies, Eng- 

 lish Daisies, Snapdragon, Dianthus, and the biennial 

 Forget-me-not, var. alpestris Victoria, etc. 



For early bloom they also should be sown in August 

 of one year to bloom the next May and June, and as 

 a rule they are only safely wintered in a cold-frame 

 (glass or slat top) from New York City northward. 

 Occasionally, where they have a well protected posi- 

 tion with covering, they may survive a cold winter in 

 the open, but, except Dianthus, the risk is not worth 

 taking. 



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