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ladies' flower gardener. 



CHAPTER V. 



ANNUALS. 



NNUALS, as I have observed before, are flowers that 

 rise, bloom, and die in the same year ; and must there- 

 fore be raised from seed every year. 

 The first class of annuals, being very delicate, and requiring 

 great care, with the constant assistance of glass frames, I shall 

 not even name, since they do not enter into the nature of my 

 work. 



I proceed to the second class, which are hardier than the 

 above, though they should be raised in a warm border, and 

 be covered with a hand-glass, if you wish them to flower in good 

 time. 



The ten weeks' Stocks will grow, if sown in a warm border, 

 towards the end of March, and should be afterwards transplant- 

 ed ; but if brought up in a hot-bed, they will flower a month or 

 six weeks earlier. 



The China-aster, Chrysanthemum, white and purple Sultan, 

 African and French Marigolds, Persicarias, &c, will grow well in 

 a warm border of natural earth, if sown in April ; but they also 

 flower a month earlier if they are assisted by a hot-bed or glass. 

 These annuals must be all planted out when tolerably strong, into 

 the spots where they are destined to remain in the borders, tak- 

 ing care to allow to each plant plenty of space, that they may 

 not crowd each other. The China-aster branches into many 

 stems and flowers, therefore they may be planted singly, or not 



