34 Making a Garden to Bloom This Year 
Portulaca — Sun Plant ; various ; likes 
poor soil ; sow late May, outside. 
Sanvitalia procumbens, fl. pi. — Bright 
yellow, double flowers ; start indoors or 
out. 
Silene pendula compact a — Catch-fly ; 
white, pink, red; sow fortnightly, April 1 
to July. 
(Six Inches to Fifteen Inches) 
Adonis cestivalis — Pheasant’s eye ; crim- 
son; sow in March; set out May 1. 
Ageratum — Imperial varieties ; white, 
blue ; start indoors ; set out May 1. 
Asters — Dwarf and Waldersee vari- 
eties ; various ; lime the soil in beds ; sow 
in March- April ; set out May. 
Calendula — Marigolds ; white, yellows, 
reds, browns; start early indoors, or out- 
side. 
Phlox Drummondi , grandiflora — White, 
pink, lilac, red, yellow; start indoors or 
out. 
Calliopsis — Calliopsis ; yellow, crimson, 
red-brown, brown ; start outside ; thin out. 
Candytuft — Candytuft ; white, rose, 
lavender ; sow fortnightly, April 1 to 
July 1. 
