CHAPTER I 
SOME WAYS OF USING ANNUALS AND 
BIENNIALS 
Annuals are not so often used in borders by 
themselves as they might be. Quite unusual 
effects may be made by them alone, especially 
if borders for special seasons are required. 
Thus, spring-sown plants will make a display 
from the middle of July to near the end of 
August, or, in the case of autumn-sown plants, 
the show will be from the middle of May to the 
end of June. It is very desirable to have such 
annual borders in places where, as is often the 
case, there is ample room in a large kitchen 
garden. It will, of course, be all the better if 
the place is screened from the usual vegetable 
crops by a hedge-like row of Globe Artichoke, 
in itself one of the finest of garden plants, or, 
in the case of autumn sowing, by a hedge of 
Sweet Peas. 
Annuals are of special use in the case of a 
garden occupied on a short tenancy, for not 
only is there an ample choice of good things for 
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