THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — ANNUALS 251 
List of annuals by height. 
It is obviously impossible to make any accurate or definite 
list of plants in terms of their height, but the beginner may 
be aided by approximate measurements. The following lists 
are made from Bulletin 161 of the Cornell Experiment Station, 
which gives tabular data on many annuals grown at Ithaca, 
N.Y. Seeds of most of the kinds were sown in the open, rather 
late. ‘The soil varied somewhat, but it was light and well 
tilled, and only moderately rich.” Ordinary good care was 
given the plants. The average height of the plants of each 
kind at full growth, as they stood on the ground, is given in 
these lists. Of course, these heights might be less or more with 
different soils, different treatments, and different climates; but 
the figures are fairly comparable among themselves. 
The measurements are based on the stock supplied by leading 
seedsmen under the trade names here given. It is not unlikely 
that some of the discrepancies were due to mixture of seed or 
to stock being untrue to type; some of it may have been due 
to soil conditions. The same name may be found in ‘two divi- 
sions in some instances, the plants having been grown from 
different lots of seeds. The lists will indicate to the grower 
what variations he may expect in any large lot of seeds. 
Seedsmen’s catalogues should be consulted for what the 
trade considers to be the proper and normal heights for the 
different plants. 
Plants 6-8 in. high 
Abronia umbellata grandiflora. 
Alyssum compactum. 
Callirrhoé involucrata. 
Godetia, Bijou, Lady Albemarle, and Lady Satin Rose. 
Gypsophila muralis. 
- Kaulfussia amelloides. 
Leptosiphon hybridus. 
