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fly Flower, Petunia, Baby's Breath, annual Chrysanthemums, Clarkia, 

 Cosmos, Godetia, Salpiglossis, Swan River Daisy and Calliopsis. 



Keeping Seed Pods Removed. Annuals soon accomplish their 

 growth and hastily decline if their seed pods are not carefuUy removed. 

 Many of them may continue to bloom throughout the Summer if care- 

 ful attention is given this detail. 



Vines. The annual vines form an important gEirden adjunct. 

 The most important plant in this class is the Sweet Pea, and, per- 

 haps, the next in value is the Nasturtium, which not only has excellent 

 foliage, but at the same time is without a competitor for profusion 

 and elegance of bloom. The Morning Glory (see p. 101) would 

 be more valued but for the fact that inferior varieties are too 

 often ' grown. Excellent giant forms, clear blue in color, are 

 on the markets, which for a morning effect upon the garden fence 

 are very attractive. The Cobaea is reaUy a tender perennial, but 

 does best sown in pots and started indoors each year. The seeds are 

 flat and should be placed edgewise. The flowers are greenish purple 

 and followed by attractive pods. The plants make a phenomenal 

 growth. Another vine with inflated pods is the Balloon Vine. Al- 

 though the flowers are inconspicuous, the balloons are borne very 

 freely. The Cypress Vine and the Cardinal CUmber both possess deep 

 red flowers and fine foliage. The seeds of both are rather difficult to 

 start, but if those of the Cypress Vine are scalded there should be Uttle 

 difficulty. The familiar Hop, Scarlet Beem and Gourds should not be 

 forgotten. If one prefers something rather extraordinary and unique, 

 the Canary Bird Vine (Tropeeolum peregrinum) with its peculiar 

 yeUow fringed flowers euid delicate foliage, should be grown. 



Combinations of Annuals. It is hardly ever advisable to buy 

 mixed colors of flowers; it is much better to buy packages of good 

 separate colors and mix them. Nothing is prettier than huge masses 

 of one color. Bicolor or variegated flowers sue to be avoided, because 

 they often give a dull appearance as seen in beds. 



Let us make a few recommendations for combinations of annuals 

 or ways in which they give the best effects: 



In making beds for annuals they should not be too wide; if against 

 a fence, four or five feet, and if in the open, six or seven feet, is sufficient ; 

 otherwise, they cannot be handled easily either for picking the flowers 

 or for cultivating and weeding. Few annuals can be sown so that they, 

 are exactly the proper distance apart when they bloom. They must, 

 therefore, be thinned. According to the variety they all need froiri six 

 to eighteen mches between plants. Poppy beds are always too thickly 

 planted, for Poppy seed is very fine and difficult to sow properly. They 

 must be thinned if the Poppies are to attain their proper development. 



