March, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



101 



BEST ANNUALS FOR GARDEN SHOW 



Cockscomb 



Cosmos 



Petunias 



Four o'Clocks 



Drummond's Phlox 



Lavatera 



Marigolds 



Asters 



California Poppies 



Zinnias 



Coreopsis 



Lavatera ought to be better known. It 

 is a shell pink annual mallow with many 

 blossoms, like small single hollyhocks, to 

 each stalk and many stalks to the plant 

 It grows four feet in rich, heavy soil, two 

 feet in light soil. 



BEST ANNUALS TOR LIGHT, SANDY SOIL 



Bachelor's Buttons 



(Centaurea) 

 Mignonette 

 Godetias 

 Marigolds 

 Petunias 



Nasturtiums 

 California Poppies 

 Lupines 

 Shirley Poppies 

 Drummond's Phlox 



BEST ANNUALS FOR HALF SHADE 



Salvias Balsams 



Pansies Annual Chrysanthe- 



Drummond's Phlox mums 



Snapdragons Euphorbia (Snow on 



Stocks the Mountain) 



These are sun plants, of course. All an- 

 nuals are, because their season is short. 

 But, in partial shade, these have been found 

 to bloom better than any other annuals. 

 Salvia is as brilliant on the north side of the 

 house as on the south side. 



Sweet Alyssum 

 Mignonette 

 Stocks 

 Hyacinth Bean 



FLOWERS FOR FRAGRANCE 



Sweet Peas 

 Verbenas 

 Four o'Clocks 

 Nicotiana 



It is wise to plant nicotiana with cosmos 

 or dahlias, or close to shrubs or vines, 

 rather than conspicuously by itself as it is 

 not pretty by day. But toward night 

 its wonderfully scented lily-cups open and 

 scatter fragrance afar. Nicotiana and four 

 o 'clocks are especially delightful planted 

 near a garden swing or seat or the porch 

 that is most used in the evening. The 



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lovely night flying moths attracted by their 

 fragrance are one of their greatest charms. 



ANNUAL EDGERS 



Candytuft 



Marguerite Carnations 



Dwarf Nasturtiums 



Lobelia 



Dwarf French Marigold 



Waldersee Asters 

 Portulaca 

 Sweet Alyssum. 

 Dwarf Ageratum 

 Brown Marigold 



Most of us would rather pay ten cents 

 extra for seed than transplant tiny seedlings 

 half a day — or be disappointed. There- 

 fore sow annual edgers thick and thin 

 them when they begin to crowd. Candy- 

 tuft, mignonette, sweet alyssum and portu- 

 laca do not transplant well. Waldersee 

 asters make the cutest edgings! Only 

 about eight inches high, flowers only about 

 one inch across, the plants make large 

 mounds of bloom that are a joy to the one 

 who likes something different. A hundred 

 flowers at a time on one plant is not at all 

 unusual. These are most suitable for 

 the front of a late blooming border, as 

 they do not bloom till the last of July. 



FOR BACKGROUNDS AND DIVIDING LINES 



Sunflowers 

 Castor Beans 

 Job's Tears 

 Cosmos 



Dahlias 

 Fancy Grasses 

 Sweet Peas 

 Kochia 



Castor beans and sunflowers will shut 

 out and shut in, the best of any annuals. 

 A suitable background doubles the value 

 of even the smallest planting. Job's tears 

 has broad leaves, a little like sorghum, and 

 heads of pretty pearly seeds, each with a 

 hole in it. The children love to string 

 the seeds and wear them at play. Those 

 who care for garden appearance should 

 plant more fancy grasses. Pennisetum 

 longistylum is the one with greenish white 

 heads and P. Rupellianum (purple fountain 

 grass) the lovely reddish one that we see so 

 much in parks. Set them in clumps to 

 break up long lines, at the bend of paths, 

 at the corners of beds, to hide the lower 

 stalks of sunflowers, cosmos and nicotiana 



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In a pink and white border: Lavatera, four o'clock and sweet alyssum 



Masses of few kinds are far more effective than spots of 

 many kinds 



or of shrubs — there are dozens of places 

 for grasses besides the canna bed. 



ANNUALS FOR LATE BLOOM 



Salvia 

 Asters 

 Calendula 

 Arctotis grandis 



Drummond's Phlox 



Stocks 



Cosmos 



Dahlias 



All of these bloom bravely after the more 

 tender ones have given up but Arctotis 

 grandis is bravest of all. The flowers in 

 the photograph were picked in November 

 after even the perennials had stopped 

 flowering, except hardy chrysanthemums. 

 All those in the above list except dahlias 

 can be potted when in full bloom, if un- 

 frosted, and will open their buds and make 

 more for weeks in a cool room. Salvia, 

 stocks, phlox and calendula will bloom 

 all winter if their flowers' are cut. So will 

 snapdragons, petunias and verbena. 



TO BE SOWN EARLY 



Alyssum 



Poppies 



Bachelor's Buttons 



Lupines 



Coreopsis 



Arctotis grandis 



Larkspurs 



Lavatera 



Marigolds 



Kochia 



Morning Glories 

 Wild Cucumbers 

 Gourds 

 Sweet Peas 

 Japanese Hops 

 Sunflowers 

 California Poppies 

 Zinnias 



These should go into the ground at the 

 earliest possible minute — as soon as it can 

 be worked. Plant gourd seeds on their 

 edges to prevent rotting. Fall sowing will 

 bring success with this list nine times in 

 ten and give flowers two weeks sooner 

 than ordinary spring sowing. 



Lists of annuals selected for color bor- 

 ders will be found on page 108. 



Red beds or borders are the most showy 

 and striking of any color — and will be 

 most popular when their possibilities are 

 understood. They should have plenty 

 of white to tone them down so they are 

 not hot looking in summer. 



Blue flowers should grow w r ith quantities 

 of white to show off well, and touches of 

 yellow for effective contrast. 



