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not quite varied enough to warrant mak- 
ing a garden of them alone; while the 
splendid species which are available for 
this specialty scheme require until late 
June at least to reach the flowering stage. 
Early bloom from annuals is something 
of a poser, for there are few plants, in- 
deed, which can be expected to produce 
flowers in less than eight weeks from the 
time of sowing. A few prodigies may do 
it in six — but it is likely to be a longer 
rather than a shorter period. Indoor 
sowing of annuals, therefore, made in 
March may not usually be expected to pro- 
duce flowers before May — and May is 
as early as it is generally safe to set the 
plants outside anyway, in the latitude of 
New York. Pansies, which may be 
started earlier, are hardy enough to en- 
dure April’s uncertainties, but pansies are 
not annuals, although they usually are 
treated as such owing to their blooming 
better when newly raised from seed each 
year. The very early spring plants of 
pansies that are offered by florists are 
usually seedlings of the previous August 
sowing, wintered in a coldframe. Aside 
from pansies, there is practically nothing 
