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Combinations of Annuals 



It is hardly ever advisable to buy mixed colors of flowers; it is 

 much better to buy packages of good separate colors and mix them. 

 Nothing is prettier than huge masses of one color. Bicolor or varie- 

 gated flowers are to be avoided, because they often give a dull appear- 

 ance as seen in beds. 



Let us make a few recommendations for combinations of annuals 

 or ways in which they give the best eff'ects: 



Foxgloves (Digitalis) are hardy biennials; they seed and 

 reproduce themselves freely — See also page 116 



In making beds for annuals they should not be too wide; if against 

 a fence, four or five feet, and if in the open, six or seven feet, is sufiicient; 

 otherwise, they cannot be handled easily either for picking the flowers 

 or for cultivating and weeding. Few annuals can be sown so that they 

 are exactly the proper distance apart when they bloom. They must, 

 therefore, be thinned. According to the variety they aU need from six 

 to eighteen inches between plants. Poppy beds are always too thickly 



