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tan, of scattered bloom with cosmos, of 
.clouds of tiny blossoms with schizanthus 
.and of pastel shades with scabiosa. Work 
nut formal effects with such annuals as 
the China aster, candytuft, stock, godetia, 
: alonsoa, tall and dwarf zinnia, chrysanthe¬ 
mum, lupine and French and African 
marigold—any that are not of sprawling 
growth. With a little study it will not be 
.difficult to find comparative material. 
A garden all of annuals is also a desira¬ 
ble expedient when a place is rented for a 
season. Perennials, of course, can be set 
out temporarily and removed with the rest 
.of the household belongings — this is done 
.every year — but the plan is not always 
practical. Most would prefer to plant an¬ 
nuals and leave the problem of garden 
permanence to the next comer. Again, 
•this kind of a garden is a welcome alter¬ 
native when a new place is in its first sea¬ 
son and there is either not the time for 
permanent planting or else a definite 
scheme is left to future decision. 
Then there is the country home that is 
occupied only from late June to early Sep¬ 
tember. The garden could still be hardy, 
.out of the abundance of summer-blooming 
perennials, if there is anyone to give it the 
necessary spring and autumn care; but 
annuals, and bedding plants treated as 
such, are sometimes to be preferred for 
one reason or another. 
Whether it is well to possess a garden 
of annuals simply to have it all annuals 
is something that no one can decide for 
.another. Without question, it may be a 
garden of superlative beauty; on the 
Riviera are great borders that prove this 
—borders composed of drifts and other 
irregular sections of some of the most 
strikingly effective annuals, the arrange¬ 
ment being as careful as if permanent ma¬ 
terial were employed. Like proof was of¬ 
fered at the international flower show of 
1911 in London, where there were group¬ 
ings of annuals that could not be surpassed 
with perennials. 
The disadvantage of a garden of an¬ 
nuals is not any limitation of esthetic po¬ 
tentiality ; it is its impermanence, necessi¬ 
tating complete making over and repetition 
of expense every year, and a minimum 
season. The last is the great, and uncon¬ 
querable, disadvantage; July is at hand 
before much bloom can be counted on. and 
of the few species available after the mid¬ 
dle of September not all can stand frost 
without protection. There are two kinds 
of annuals, hardy and half hardy. The 
latter are too tender to put plants in the 
ground until near the end of May, so that 
getting them started under glass does not 
help the matter of May bloom. Hardy 
annuals are so by comparison with the 
other class, not in the sense that most of 
the cultivated perennials are. The few 
that are really hardy, surviving through 
late seedlings of the previous, hurry their 
blooming very little. 
In the circumstances, why not let the 
garden of annuals belie its name, just as 
-the hardy garden does without compunc- 
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