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colours, every one beautiful ; Limnanthes with yellow 

 and white fragrant flowers ; the showy Portulaca or 

 Sunflower, which requires a warm, sunny situation ; 

 Shirley Poppies ; Caucasian Poppies and Opium Poppies ; 

 Lupins, blue and white ; the annual Larkspurs, which are 

 best sown in autumn ; Cornflowers ; Clarkia in every 

 shade between rose and white ; Eschscholtzias, or 

 California Poppies, orange, yellow and white ; Sweet 

 Sultans, especially the white varieties ; Salpiglossis, 

 graceful in habit, with flowers in every shade of purple 

 and orange ; Coreopsis, with slender stems and flowers 

 of orange and velvety brown ; Lavatera, with flowers 

 like a single hollyhock ; Phlox Drummondii, which is 

 another half hardy annual and should be sown under 

 glass ; the night-scented tobacco plant, growing to over 

 three feet in height, and bearing creamy white flowers 

 which keep closed during the day but open in the 

 evening, when they pour forth their delicious fragrance ; 

 and the Chinese or Indian Pinks, with flowers of varied 

 colours — white, scarlet, and pink. There are also many 

 pretty grasses, which are easily raised from seed. 

 There are the quaking grasses, Briza maxima and Briza 

 minima ; the hare's tail grass, Ligurus ovatus ; the cloud 

 grass, Agrastis nebulosa ; and the squirrel's tail grass, 

 Hordeum jubatum. Closely allied to annuals are the 

 groups of plants known as biennials. These should be 

 treated much after the manner of annuals, the seed 

 being sown in May. These, however, will not bloom 

 during the same summer. The seedlings will require 

 to be planted out in autumn, and flowers will appear 

 during the following spring and summer. Among the 

 plants which may be treated in this way are Canterbury 

 Bells, Evening Primroses, Wallflowers, Snapdragons and 

 Foxgloves. 



Not only may we thus raise plants for our beds and 

 borders from seed sown the same season, but among 



