THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — ANNUALS 



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List of annuals by height. 



It is obviously impossible to make any accurate or definite 

 list of plants in terms of their height, but the beginner may 

 be aided by approximate measurements. The following lists 

 are made from Bulletin 161 of the Cornell Experiment Station, 

 which gives tabular data on many annuals grown at Ithaca, 

 N.Y. Seeds of most of the kinds were sown in the open, rather 

 late. ''The soil varied somewhat, but it was light and well 

 tilled, and only moderately rich." Ordinary good care was 

 given the plants. The average height of the plants of each 

 kind at full growth, as they stood on the ground, is given in 

 these hsts. Of course, these heights might be less or more with 

 different soils, different treatments, and different climates; but 

 the jBgures are fairly comparable among themselves. 



The measurements are based on the stock supplied by leading 

 seedsmen under the trade names here given. It is not unlikely 

 that some of the discrepancies were due to mixture of seed or 

 to stock being untrue to type; some of it may have been due 

 to soil conditions. The same name may be found in two divi- 

 sions in some instances, the plants having been grown from 

 different lots of seeds. The lists will indicate to the grower 

 what variations he may expect in any large lot of seeds. 



Seedsmen's catalogues should be consulted for what the 

 trade considers to be the proper and normal heights for the 

 different plants. 



Plants 6-8 in. high 



Abronia umbellata grandiflora. 

 Alyssum compactum. 



Callirrhoe involucrata. ^ 

 Godetia, Bijou, Lady Albemarle, and Lady Satin Rose. 

 Gypsophila muralis. 

 Kaulfussia amelloides. 

 Leptosiphon hybridus. 



