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1HE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



its grateful perfume floats, mingled, it may be, with the scent of Roses, Jasmine, and 

 Honeysuckle. For this reason a line of Virginian Stock near the house is delightful. It is 

 well to grow in a reserve part of the garden many of the more useful varieties for cutting, 

 and thus to avoid interference w ith the plants in conspicuous beds. In many households 

 flowers are used largely for the table and vases in the rooms, and this reserve garden 

 will supply the wants without marring effective outdoor displays. We have given 

 few cultural notes in describing each group, for the reason that annual flowers are very 

 easily grown. The rule in the case of the hardy kinds which we are now considering may 

 be applied generally', and if our readers will follow the instructions already laid down they 

 will not complain that annuals are weedy, possess but a short life, and collapse when the 

 garden should be clothed in richest raiment. It is a wise plan to grow a few kinds only, 

 not to get together a mere collection. The judicious gardener would rather grow three good 

 Sweet Peas than twenty varieties where space is limited, and he would remember that 

 some seeds are happier in one spot than in another. The "Nasturtium," or Tropaeolum, 

 as it is properly called, loves a dry, even a poor soil, and sunshine, whilst another needs 

 richer diet. Generally, however, few hardy or half-hardy annuals enjoy shade. An open 

 sunny spot will alone promote strong, sturdy growth, without which flowers are few and of 

 poor colour. A new world of flowers is revealed when this race of plants is well selected 

 and grown with reasonable attention. The alphabetical list will show that annual 

 flowers are wonderfully varied, some quite dwarf, others tall, as the Sweet Pea, the most 

 delightful of the whole tribe. The most important annuals are: 



Aeroclinilim.—Av " Everlasting Flowers." 



Alyssum, Sweet. — Tnis has white flowers and is pretty 



for edgings. Keep the seed-puds, picked off. Height, 



oin. 



Bartonia aurea. — A yellow-flowered kind, about l8in. 



in height. Showy and eflei live. 

 Braehycome iberidifolia (Swan River Daisy). — A 



pretty kind, with either liiue or while lingers. It may 

 !> • used in groups in borders, and grows about ojn. 

 high. 



Caealia COCeinea. — A scarlet-flowered annual, i Sin. 

 high, and less attractive than many kinds. 



Calandrinia grandiflora and C. speeiosa are two 



hardv flower- of much interest. The former should have 

 a verv sunny position, when the full effect of its rose 

 colouring is gained. C. speeiosa requires similar treat- 

 ment, and has purplish flowers. Many prefer the first- 

 named. Sow seed out of doors in spring, and the seed- 

 lings enjoy warm -soils. 

 Calendula.— Vv Marigold. 



CalliopsiS. — Described under the more familiar name of 

 Coreopsis. 



Campanula ( Bel/flow, r). — The Bellllowers are for the most 

 part p rennials.and C.macro- 

 styla is a half-hardy annual, 

 but C. altica and its variety 

 alba are hardy annuals. Ti e 

 first of the two has a violet 

 flower and the other a white, 

 a pretty association of 

 ci ilour, and they are only 6in. 

 high. 



Canary Creeper ( '/rofceolum 



canariense). — See note 

 upon Climbing Annual 

 Flowers. 



Candytuft. — Very easily- 

 grown annual of many 

 colour-, white, crimson, and 

 intermediate shades. Many 

 care most for the pure white 

 forms. ( See Iberis. ) 



Centaurea Cyanus [Corn- 

 flower). — Few annual 

 flowers are more beautiful 

 than this, an:! the ordinary 



blue kind is as charming as anything raised of recent 

 years. The white is pretty, but some of the other colours 

 are the reverse of pleasing, though, perhaps, t lat is a 

 mailer of taste. Always sow plenty of the blue form for 

 cutting. Grow the plants as recommended above. 

 Chrysanthemums, Annual. These are showy annual 

 flow ers, very easily grown from seed sown out of doors in 

 April or early May. The seedlings should be thinned freely, 

 as each plant requires ample space for development. The 

 flowers are very decided in colour, in C. Burridgeanum, 

 for example, yellow, deep crimson, and white being 

 strongly shown, and both Carnatum and its variety 

 Atrococcineum are of rich hues, especially the last-named, 

 which is scarlet. Dunnetti, double white and double 

 golden, are very han isome, and the flowers bold and showy, 

 whilst another useful kind is the Crown Daisy, C. 

 coronarium, of which there are also double forms, one 

 with white and another with yellow flowers. Seed of these 

 should also be sown early in the yetr under glass, as 

 in the case of half-hardy annuals. C. segetum is the corn 

 Marigold, a plague to the British farmer, but a bright 

 garden flower. There is a larger form than the parent 

 one, named i>Tandiflorum, having rich yellow flowers, 

 showy in the garden and 

 useful for cutting. Stronger 

 plants of this are obtained 

 by sowing seeds in the 

 autumn. 

 Clark ias. — These are very 

 strong growing annuals, the 

 flowers semi-double, but 

 borne freely, and as a rule 

 of good colour. The varie- 

 ties of C. elegans are effec- 

 tive, esp ecially Salmon 

 Queen, which is of a rosy- 

 tint, and White Queen, pure 

 white, whilst of C. integri- 

 petala there are rose, pink, 

 and other colours. The 

 magenta purple shades are 

 scarcely so good as the clear 

 bright colours. C. integri- 

 petala grows only I Sin. high, 

 but C. elegans is taller, 

 sometimes over 2ft. 



CENTAUREA CYANUS (Cornflower). 



