Annuals as Edgings 
and of the intermediate kinds, are capital 
for edgings. As with the taller ones, they are 
best treated as half-hardy ; sown early, pricked 
off, and put out towards the end of May. Of 
others that are grown as half-hardy plants there 
are the dwarf Nasturtiums, brilliant things in 
many colourings from palest yellow to deepest 
mahogany crimson ; they should be in rather 
poor soil, so that the bloom may rise well above 
the foliage. The dwarf Ageratum is one of the 
most valuable of edging plants ; the one called 
“ Swanley Blue " is a good kind both for colour 
and habit ; put out in early June it will bloom 
throughout the late summer and to the end 
of September. Phlox Drummondi and Dianthus 
sinensis have so much the same use that they 
may be considered together as desirable dwarf 
plants loving full sunshine. The beautiful blue 
of Lobelia Erinus makes it one of the most 
precious of the dwarf summer flowers. Where 
a green edging is desired there is the curious and 
interesting Ice-plant ( Mesembryanthemum crys- 
tallinum), covered with icy-looking watery glo- 
bules. It likes a warm exposure, but must not 
be dried up. Golden Feather Feverfew should 
not be neglected because it is so common and so 
easy to grow and because it was so much over- 
done in monotonous lines in the old bedding days. 
Many good plants have of late suffered from a 
kind of mistaken prejudice on this account. 
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