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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1914 



A Garden Full 



Gl&dioli 



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Ann lit Flowers 



Sowing Annuals in the Open 



WHEN reading instructions about sowing and 

 raising annuals under glass not a few ama- 

 teurs are apt to imagine that they cannot be suc- 

 cessfully sown and raised in the open ground, and 

 consequently those who have no glass at their dis- 

 posal refrain from growing them or else deem it 

 necessary to purchase the plants. But practically 

 all annuals can be sown and raised in the open. 



Generally speaking, they are used for two pur- 

 poses, the filling of beds and the filling of blank 

 spaces in borders. In the latter case it is usually 

 advisable to sow the seeds where the plants are to 

 flower, thinning out the seedlings as soon as they 

 are large enough to handle. The seeds of the 

 majority of annual flowers are very small, and to 

 sow them in the open border with only ordinary 

 preparations is, in most cases, a sure road to fail- 

 ure. In the majority of flower borders, the soil is 

 none too friable, especially where it is heavy, and 

 the following method should be adopted. 



Mix a barrowful of good soil similar to that used 

 for filling seed boxes (two parts good loam and one 

 part sand), with a good sprinkling of leaf soil if the 

 latter is procurable, to form a good mixture. Pass 

 this through a half-inch meshed sieve. Then, with 

 a spade, scoop out the original soil of the border, 

 where it is desired to sow the annuals, to a depth 

 of two inches and fill in the depression thus made 

 with the prepared soil. Make this fairly firm and 

 sow the seeds thinly on the surface, covering them 

 very slightly in the case of tiny seeds and deeper 

 in the case of comparatively large ones. Water 

 with a fine rosed can; should dry weather prevail 

 afterward, water each patch as often as may be 

 deemed necessary, never allowing the soil to: be- 

 come very dry and using a fine rosed can for the 

 purpose. It is when the seeds have just sprouted 

 and before the tiny root has grown enough to 

 penetrate the soil, that serious damage from drought 

 results. 



Where beds are to be filled, it will frequently 

 happen that at the time when the seed is to be 

 sown the beds in question will be occupied by other 

 plants, and the seed therefore cannot be sown 

 where the plants are to flower. This is where a 

 reserve bed or two in some open, yet inconspicuous 

 part of the garden will be useful. Place on this 

 reserve bed a 2-inch or 3-inch layer of the soil 

 mixture advised above, and in this sow the seeds. 



When the seedlings appear, instead of thinning 

 them out early, lift them carefully with a fork as 

 soon as they have made a few true leaves, watering 

 them well one evening and lifting them the next. 

 Then into another bed of prepared soil prick out 

 the seedlings 2 inches to 3 inches apart in the row. 

 and allow a distance of 6 inches between each row. 

 Water well with a fine rosed can, and if the weather 

 is sunny shade for a few days with paper or cheese 

 cloth. By adopting this system the plants will 

 soon make a mass of fibrous roots and will prove 

 most useful for filling beds and making good any 

 blanks in the border. Of course, they will be later 

 than those sown and raised under glass, but in many 

 gardens this is an advantage rather than otherwise. 



The following is a list of annuals most suitable 

 for filling in spaces in the border — Antirrhinum, 

 asters, marigold, petunia, Phlox Drummondii, 

 poppy, salpiglossis, stocks, verbena, candytuft, 

 sweet alyssum. If you have a space under a group 

 of trees where the shade is not too dense try snap- 

 dragon, evening primrose, foxgloves, primrose, 

 marigolds and cornflowers. 



New York. Frank L. Wright. 



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