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along a border about eight inches from 
the edge, to allow for the spread of 
the branches. 
Clarkia elegans, Salmon Queen, is 
the variety which I am using in the 
partial shade cast by the locust tree; 
and this is as easily grown as the mari¬ 
gold. Plants should be ten to twelve 
inches apart or more; and the flowers 
should be cut as fast as they fade. For 
cut flowers indoors this is a particular¬ 
ly delightful species, as the blossoms 
will open in water after cutting, and 
last well. 
Double pinks are almost as lovely as 
carnations—and they will grow in any 
soil providing they have full sunlight. 
For the white variety there is the 
snowball, for the red, the fireball, and 
for the nearly black, the mourning 
cloak—suggestive names which are 
easy to remember. Actually these are 
not annuals but biennials; but they 
are classed and treated as annuals 
practically everywhere. Sow them as 
soon as frost has departed for good, 
and let the plants be about five inches 
apart. They grow nearly a foot high, 
and will blossom all summer if the 
faded flowers are persistently cut 
away. It is possible to carry them through the winter with some 
protection, and they will bloom the second season. After this, 
however, new plants must be raised; and ordinarily it is not 
thought worth while to attempt to winter 
the old ones. 
Treat the California poppy the same 
as the Shirley poppy, as far as sowing is 
concerned, for it also is averse to trans¬ 
planting. The seeds may be sown very 
early as it is not susceptible to cold, 
blooming even after frost has come in 
the autumn. Eschscholzia Californica 
and Eschscholzia, Golden West, are the 
two varieties which combine best with the 
larkspur. In addition to being delightful 
in flower, this plant has foliage that is 
distinctly ornamental. The annual lark¬ 
spur will blossom in July from seeds 
sown late in April, which is the usual 
time of sowing. And there is nothing 
in the garden finer to my mind than the 
lovely blues of this plant. To be sure it 
comes in pinks and lilacs that are good 
colors, but larkspur in anything but blue 
is somehow not what seems right or 
natural, whether it is an annual or peren¬ 
nial. So it is in blue only that I ever 
make use of it—and that usually in 
combination with some yellow flower 
such as the Eschscholzia. It is a color 
harmony that never palls. 
Lupines in clear rose and white in a 
great mass where they can have things 
all to themselves, are as charming as any¬ 
thing that can be grown. Indeed, there 
are few flowers that have the still and 
quiet stateliness of these; they always 
Plan for the early blooming, large, white 
starry flowers of the African daisy, 
Arctotis grandis 
seem to be so perfectly balanced on 
one foot — and to be so aware of it. 
Preferring some shade, they are 
particularly adaptable to the small 
garden where a certain amount of it is 
almost inevitable. Sow them where 
they are to grow, for like the poppy they do not like to be moved. 
Xeranthemums are everlastings — and without one of these no 
annual garden can ever be called complete. Purple, white and 
rose-colored flowers in mixture is the com¬ 
mon fashion of raising them, and indeed 
pure colors are not offered, the seed being 
sold only in mixed packets. Not very 
much space is needed for these, as a few 
will go a long way; but with the plants a 
foot apart, half a dozen will not take up 
more space than any garden can very well 
spare. They are really very pretty flowers 
apart from their everlasting qualities — 
which are rather more against them than 
for them, through the long association 
with unused ‘‘front parlors” which 
distinguishes everlastings generally. 
For years verbenas have been neglected, 
as far as my garden is concerned, but 
suddenly I found myself wanting them 
again. Along with nearly everything else 
in the line of annuals, they have been im¬ 
proved and developed and made over into 
something so splendid that I am sure they 
do not know themselves. These are sup¬ 
posed to be started indoors or in a hotbed ; 
and they cannot be sown outdoors until 
May. So if flowers are wanted before the 
end of July, there is really no choice in 
the matter. A small flat will furnish space 
for a great many seedlings however ; and 
instead of transplanting to flats or boxes 
of any sort, I personally would recommend 
the little paper pots to the small grower. 
It is possible to make these for oneself, out 
of a heavy wrapping paper such as an y 
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Annuals are generally considered the garden rein¬ 
forcements and fill out perennial plantings, but their 
use separately in the garden is also desirable 
Double pinks come in great variety and are 
almost as good as their relatives, the carna¬ 
tions 
