CHAPTER VIII 
ANNUALS AND BULBS 
Use of other than strictly herbaceous plants — The impossi- 
bilities of keeping up an unfailing supply without these 
— Argument as to whether bulbs should be included — 
Directions for planting same — Names of bulbs that 
can be left in border — Annuals — Cultural directions 
and colours — List of same. 
Definition of Herbaceous ( Webster). — From 
“Herb: An annual, biennial, and perennial plant 
in which the stem does not become woody but dies 
down to the ground after flowering.” Or, in other 
words, a plant which dies down in winter. 
If herbaceous plants in the generally accepted 
sense of the word only are to be used in 
the border, many beautiful flowers would be 
denied to us. Lavender, for instance, spiraeas, 
tritonias, white pinks and pansies, iris, and 
many others, which we can ill afford to omit 
as prolonging our season of colour, and also 
for their own beauty. Neither could suc|i 
useful biennials as foxgloves, evening primroses, 
snapdragons, Canterbury bells, or Salvia Sclarea 
have a place, nor sweet-williams and all such 
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