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promote bushiness. Cosmos, for autumn; 
rhodanthe, one of the everlastings; the 
common double balsam, nemesia, schizan- 
thus, cockscomb and Dimorphotheca aur- 
antiaca, the last of which has handsome 
hybrids now, are among other suitable 
annuals for pots. The balsam, nemesia 
and schizanthus, like clarkia, develop bet¬ 
ter in pots than in the garden. 
One of the biennials, the Canterbury 
bell, is as fine a subject for pot culture as 
heart could desire. This and other bien¬ 
nials, among them the foxglove, holly¬ 
hock and Myosotis dissitiflora, are usually 
thrown in with the annuals as they are re¬ 
garded as plants of only a year so far as 
garden usefulness is concerned. Often 
they spend scarcely more time in the gar¬ 
den than is necessary for blooming, after 
which they are discarded. The same with 
sweet-william and columbine, though both 
of these will persist longer if conditions 
are favorable. 
Of the number of annuals in cultivation 
few have any idea. Name a dozen or so 
and the list that the average person can 
think of offhand is exhausted. The com¬ 
mon annuals are such because of a worth 
that time has shown, but they do not begin 
to be all that ought to be common. Nor 
do they begin to be all the easy ones—if 
any annuals can be called really difficult. 
The salpiglossis is one that deserves to 
be better known; it is very good for mass¬ 
ing if the colors are not mixed, but this 
plant affords the keenest pleasure when it 
is in less crowded garden conditions or 
when the blossoms are in a vase. Unap¬ 
preciated, too, are schizanthus, with its 
myriads of little butterflies; nemesia, than 
which no low annual is more charming 
and which shows blue as well as red, yel¬ 
low, pink and white, and phacelia, espe¬ 
cially P. campanularia, with its blue bell¬ 
flowers. 
Then there are three rayed annuals that 
are badly neglected. The swan river 
daisy ( Brachycome iberidifolia ) from 
Australia, is among the daintiest of car¬ 
peting annuals. The type is light blue, 
but there are white and pink varieties. Of 
the others the African daisy ( Arctotis 
grandis ) is unusual in that the white blos¬ 
soms have a mauve centre, while the fo¬ 
liage is very downy, and the Namaqualand 
daisy ( Dimorphotheca aurantiaca ) fur¬ 
nishes rich yellow bloom. This trio is 
good for all summer. 
Simple Instructions for Plotting a 
Lawn Sun Dial 
(Continued from page 380) 
line on the portion that rests on the ground 
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dotted) to the angle at F, is in all cases 
422/3 inches in length, the measurement of 
the dotted line running from the angle at 
F to the angle at G should be changed in 
length, depending on the location further 
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