Cream-cups are Neglected Annuals 
One of the finest of short-growing annual plants, 
the bloom being of a pure and perfect blue. P. 
tanacetifolia is a desirable annual too much 
neglected ; 2 feet high, with light purple flowers, 
curiously arranged in a head of double volute 
form, that have a mist-like appearance at a little 
distance. 
Phlox Drummondi ; h.h.a. — Brilliant low- 
growing flowers of late summer with a rather 
trailing habit, in many beautiful shades of 
colour from white to deepest crimson. A salmon- 
coloured variety called Chamois Rose, and a good 
scarlet generally listed as coccinia, are among the 
best. From their low growth and trailing habit 
they are suited for rock work, especially the 
dwarf kinds, though the grandiflora sorts are 
the best in the open garden. They should be 
in full sunshine, and preferably in calcareous soil. 
Sow quite early in March and grow on in slight 
warmth. 
Platystemon californicus ( Cream-cups ) ; 
h.a. — One of the much-neglected annuals ; a 
desirable plant with considerable charm. The 
flowers, of a soft, pale yellow, are about an inch 
wide ; the stems and foliage are greyish and the 
habit trailing. It sows itself, reappearing year 
after year. Autumn sown it is much more 
vigorous, a single plant covering a yard of space. 
It should be in a sunny place. 
Polygonum orientale ; h.a. ; 3 to 4 feet. — 
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