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208 Classified Lists 
SWEET-FERN (Artemesia annua). 2-4 ft. A tall bushy plant with 
finely-divided fragrant leaves and flowers; the latter are like tiny balls 
of greenish color. Very pleasant as a dried herb to place among clothes. 
Self-sowing. 
VERBENA (V. teucroides, var. candissima). 1 ft. A low, trailing plant 
that can be pegged down and made to cover quite an area with its 
fragrant flat heads of white flowers. If pruned it makes a thicker 
growth. It transplants easily and the whole species is excellent for 
house plants. Further south it is hardy with a little covering. It is 
easily propagated by cuttings, but blooms best from seed. Many other 
colors, see other An., lists for August. August to October. 
Zinnia (Z. elegans, var. cristata). Curled and crested varieties. 3 ft. 
A useful plant in the late autumn when other flowers are gone. Thrives 
in any good soil and sunny location. In choice varieties the Zinnia is 
effective, and it is only because of its solferino and magenta tones that 
it has fallen into disfavor in choice gardens. With selected colors it 
makes a fine display when the garden most needs it. August to October. 
See An. lists for August. 
SEPTEMBER 
WHITE ANNUALS 
Cosmos (C. bipinnatus, var. Mammoth). 4-6 ft. A tall variety with 
an almost shrubby growth of feathery green foliage, but because of its 
late blooming in the north, it is seldom seen in perfection of bloom be- 
fore it is killed by frosts. For its foliage alone, as a background to other 
plants, it is worth growing. The flowers resemble huge Japanese 
Anemones, and are borne in great profusion. I have known this plant 
when six feet high to be lifted carefully before the frosts, and placed in 
tubs and taken indoors, where it bloomed until Christmas. Give a rich, 
moist soil, a warm, sheltered position and moisture. For pink variety 
see Pink An., September. 
STEVIA (S. serrata). 2 ft. This rather tender perennial is sometimes 
grown in the open as an annual, blooming in September until late frosts. 
It bears heads of small fragrant white flowers. Give a rich, sandy loam, 
propagate by seed and careful division of the root. 
Vinca, PERIWINKLE (V. rosea, var. alba). 1 ft. A low border plant 
with handsome, almost evergreen, foliage and salver-shaped tubular 
