CHAPTER III 



Flowers that Must be Renewed 

 Every Year~( Annuals) 



And 'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the 

 air it breathes. 



— Wordsworth, 



If you want flowers that grow quickly, plant 

 annuals ! Some will bloom within six weeks, so if 

 you can help out meantime with some transplanted 

 roots and bulbs, you will have flowers from the first 

 of the season. 



Plant thickly, says one writer. ''It is easier 

 and more profitable to grow flowers than weeds," 



The following annuals can be sown outdoors late 

 in April, as far North as New York, in ordihary 



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