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blooms hung upside down to dry, they will present a pretty appearance 



all Winter. The principal annual specilnens are: • ' 



Helichr YSUM BBACTEATUM (Straw. Flower) . One of the largest everlasting 

 flowers. There are many shades of yellow and red. They grow two 

 to three feet tall and need to be planted one foot apart if the^ are to 

 develop properly. They should be picked Ijefore they are fully open. 



Hbliptehum boseum. Bears dainty white and rosy pink flowers. They 



I should be cut when quite in bud; they open a little after being picked, 



otherwise the centers are visible and being brown gives a shabby 



appearance to the otherwise attractive flower. It is pretty for the 



border, aside from its being good for the Winter bouquet. 



Helipterum Manglesii (Rhodanthe) (Swan River Everlasting). The 

 flowers are pink and white; the steins are very graceful. 



Heliptertjm Humboldtianum. Bears a yeUow flower, smaUer than 

 others but numerous. 



GoMPHRENA GLOBOSA (Globe AmarEinth). The straw-like heads resemble 



Glover. The two colors are a crimson and a rather muddy white. 

 -Xeranthemum annuum (Everlasting or Immortelle). Bears rose, purple, 

 and white flowers. As a garden subject they retain their bloom from 

 early Summer till frost. 



Catananche c^rulea. Blue and yellow varieties are available. Some- 

 what resembles Bachelor's Buttons. 



Useful for Gut Flowers 



The flowering annuals are useful for cutting because they have 

 long stems, good keeping qualities or excellent colors. They commend 

 themselves admirably for arrangements in the low bowls which are 

 beginning to be used and are of such great value for a proper loose 

 display of flowers. 



AcROCLrNiuM (See HeUpterum roseum). 

 African Daisy (See Arctotis). 

 Antirrhinum (Snapdragon). This is gaining greatly in its deserved 



popularity. Almost aU the colors are good. 

 Arctotis grandis (African Daisy). This is a very handsome Daisy-like 



annual, the flowers of which are a bluish white, the under surface being 



rather bluish gray. The buds open nicely after the flowers are cut. 

 Amethyst (See Browallia). 

 Annual Larkspur appears in superb pinks, blues, lavenders and has dainty 



fohage and good keeping quahties. 

 Baby's Breath (See GypsophUa). 

 Bachelor's Button (See Ceritaurea). 

 Blanket Flower (See Gaillardia). 

 Browallia dbmissa (Amethyst). A very graceful httle' blue or whits 



annual which is prettfly used in bouquets. 

 Butterfly Flower (See Schizanthus). 

 Calendula officinalis (Pot Marigold). Bear strong, golden orange and 



lemon colored flowers. They wiU bloom for a long season if the seed 



pods are kept ofi'. 



