THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — ANNUALS 257 
mass effect or to secure strong specimen plants with large 
individual bloom. If specimen plants are to be raised, the 
distances should be liberal. 
The distances here given for some of the commoner annuals 
may be considered to represent average or usual spaces that 
single plants may occupy under ordinary conditions in flower- 
beds, although it would probably be impossible to find any two 
gardeners or seedsmen who would agree on the details. These 
are suggestions rather than recommendations. It is always 
well to set or sow more plants than are wanted, for there is 
danger of loss from cut-worms and other causes. The general 
tendency is to let the plants stand too close together at maturity. 
In case of doubt, place plants described in books and cata- 
logues as very dwarf at six inches, those as medium-sized at 
twelve inches, very large growers at two feet, and thin them out 
if they seem to demand it as they grow. 
The plants in these lists are thrown into 
four groups (rather than all placed together 
with the numbers after them) in order to 
classify the subject in the beginner’s mind. 
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6 to 9 inches apart par 
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Ageratum, very dwarf kinds. 
Alyssum. 
Asperula setosa. 
Cacalia. 
Candytuft. 
Clarkia, dwarf. 
Collinsia. 
Gysophila muralis. 
Kaulfussia. 
Larkspur, dwarf kinds. He 
Linaria. 246. Wild phlox (P. 
Linum grandiflorum. maculata), one of the 
: é A 3 arents of the peren- 
Lobelia Erinus. Mignonette, dwarf kinds. nea garden phloxes. 
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