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THE HOME GARDEN,\ 
with the first mild weather, are all the beautiful varieties 
of pinks, pansies, forget-me-nots, daisy, campanula, datura, 
petunia, verbena, etc. Many of these come under the 
head of bedding plants. 
The biennials are two years in perfecting their blos¬ 
soms, which usually appear for only one season. Some¬ 
times, by preventing the formation of any seed vessels, two 
or three seasons of bloom may be secured. To this order 
belong the German stock, Canterbury bells, hollyhock, etc. 
Dwarf Double Hollyhock. 
As a general thing, bedding plants are far more satis¬ 
factory than annuals and less trouble. Their first cost is 
greater, but so are the returns, and, once fairly started, 
they can generally be depended on for constant bloom and 
beauty. A succession of circular beds on each side of a 
broad path, filled with well-selected and well-arranged va¬ 
rieties, is a garden of itself that is both pleasant to look 
upon and almost inexhaustible in its supply of flowers for 
cutting. 
