Annuals as Edgings 
May-weed of corn stubbles, is a good edging 
plant, for the dark green, finely divided leaves 
keep near the ground, and the handsome pure 
white flowers do not rise many inches above it. 
The remaining annuals suitable for edgings are 
all sown where they are to bloom, but are short- 
lived in comparison with those noted above. 
They are, among those of blue colouring, 
Anagallis Monelli and A. Philipsi ; Asperula 
azurea setosa, a charming plant with grey-blue 
bloom ; Phacelia campanularia, a true and 
splendid blue ; Kaulfussia amelloides, a pretty 
little South African Daisy, and the well-known 
and always charming Nemophila insignis. 
Collinsia bicolor has lilac and white flowers, 
and was deservedly a favourite in old gardens. 
Among yellows there are Limnanthes Douglasi 
and Platystemon calif ornicus , both of trailing 
habit. Among pink flowers there are the well- 
known Silene pendula in several shades of 
colouring, with a white variety, and Saponaria 
calabrica, a plant of trailing habit. 
The word “ edging," as applied to these small 
plants, is not necessarily intended to suggest 
anything stiff or rigid, like a Box edging. It 
is meant rather as a sensible use of the plants 
at the front edge of a flower border, whether the 
border is of annuals only, or of perennials with 
tender summer plants. The prettiest form of 
edging is not a straight line at the extreme edge, 
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