HINTS ON FLOWER SEED SOWING 
Annuals —These attain full growth, flower, bear seed and die the first year. 
Biennials —These usually flower the year after the seed is sown, though sometimes the first season, and 
endure two or more years before dying. 
Perennials —’These, as a general rule, do not flower until the second season, but when once well established 
may be relied upon to live for a considerable number of years. 
Annuals, as a usual thing, should be started outdoors in the Spring, after danger of frost is over. Some 
varieties, however, are best started indoors or in a cold frame, during March or April, and subse¬ 
quently transplanted when warm, to their blooming location. 
Perennials are usually best planted during late August or early September, so that the young plants will 
not be burned by the hot Summer sun, and so that they may become well-established before cold 
weather sets in. A light mulch of straw or leaves is helpful the first winter, care being taken not to cover 
the crowns of the plants too thickly, else they may rot. 
The soil best adapted to the greater variety of garden flowers is a deep, rich loam. If soil is too adhesive, it 
may be loosened by the addition of sand or sifted coal ashes. 
When preparing to seed, be sure to have the soil very well pulverized, and as level as possible. The average 
seed should be covered about twice its own greatest thickness, though very small seeds, like Petunia, 
should not be covered at all, but merely pressed into the earth with a board, and then covered with 
newspaper. Watering should be done through the newspaper to prevent washing out the seed, but 
after sprouts appear in reasonable numbers, the paper should be removed, so that the young seedlings 
may have light and air. 
Plants of all kinds are best transplanted from the seed-bed and into their permanent locations during wet 
rainy weather. 
Most failures with flowers are caused by either too deep planting of the seed, or careless transplanting at 
time of moving to the permanent beds. 
FOR THOSE WISHING TO PLAN GARDENS IN SEPARATE COLORS, 
THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED 
White Flowers 
Achillea 
Cosmos 
Larkspur 
Stevia 
Ageratum 
Daisy Double 
Lupinus 
Sweet Peas 
Alyssum 
Delphinium 
Matricaria 
Sweet William 
Antirrhinum 
Dianthus 
Moonflower 
Stocks 
Arabis 
Digitalis 
Pansy 
Verbena 
Arctotis 
Eschscholtzia 
Peturiia 
Vinca 
Aster 
Gypsophila 
Phlox 
Zinnia 
Candytuft 
Hollyhock 
Scabiosa 
Centaurea cyanus 
Iberis sempervirens 
Shasta Daisy 
Pink, Rose, 
and Red Flowers 
Antirrhinum 
Cosmos 
Morning Glory 
Scabiosa 
Aquilegia 
Daisy Double 
Nasturtium 
Scarlet Runner Bean 
Aster 
Dianthus 
Pansy 
Stocks 
Candytuft 
Digitalis 
Phlox 
Sweet William 
Cardinal Climber 
Eschscholtzia 
Physalis 
Sweet Peas 
Centaurea cyanus 
Hollyhock 
Petunia 
Verbena 
Celosia 
Larkspur 
Poppy 
Vinca 
Calliopsis 
Lupinus 
Salvia 
Zinnia 
Blue, Lilac, Lavender, and Purple Flowers 
Ageratum 
Cobaea 
Lupinus 
Phlox 
Alyssum 
Cynoglossum 
Moonflower 
Salvia 
Anchusa 
Delphinium 
Morning Glory 
Scabiosa 
Aquilegia 
Didiscus 
Myosotis 
Stocks 
Aster 
Digitalis 
Nemophila 
Sweet Peas 
Brachycome 
Iberis gibraltarica 
Nepeta 
Torenia 
Campanula 
Heliotrope 
Nigella 
Verbena 
Candytuft 
Larkspur 
Pansy 
Veronica 
Centaurea cyanus 
Linum 
Petunia 
Zinnia 
Yellow and 
Orange Flowers 
Alyssum 
Cosmos 
Marigold 
Tithonia 
Antirrhinum 
Dianthus 
Nasturtium 
Tritoma 
Bartonia 
Eschscholtzia 
Pansy 
Venidium 
Calendula 
Evening Primrose 
Phlox 
Wallflower 
Celosia 
Gaillardia 
Stocks 
Zinnia 
Coreopsis 
Hollyhock 
Sunflower 
Calliopsis 
Hunnemania 
Sweet Peas 
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