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ceedingly rich-colored flower. 
Their long stems render 
them admirable for cut flow¬ 
ers and they are lovely either 
for wearing or for tall, slim 
glasses of crystal. They re¬ 
quire no special culture, and 
anyone can succeed with them. 
If started in good season, 
the Antirrhinums will blossom 
the first season, and are ad¬ 
mirable for cut flowers. This 
applies likewise to trans¬ 
planted seedlings. Some of 
the new varieties are magni¬ 
ficent, especially the Giant 
Scarlet, Giant Pink and the 
white varieties. A bed of 
these bordered with the dwarf 
Queen of the North—a pure white, about a foot in height—will 
be a joy all summer and the source of a boundless amount of 
cut flowers; and they should be cut, and not allowed to go to 
seed, as that would shorten their season of bloom. Such a bed 
may be edged with Sweet Alyssum, Lavender, Ageratum or 
Verbenas in scarlet and white, or the new Mayflower Verbena— 
an exquisite flower. 
Ten Weeks Stock is a delightful plant to grow for cut flow¬ 
ers, as it is not only beautiful in itself, but also possesses an 
exquisite fragrance. Like all of the preceding, it should be 
grown from seedlings that have been started under cover, and 
planted out when the weather is warm. However, its seeds 
germinate quickly, like those of the Aster, making it especially 
available for the temporary garden. 
The Bachelor Button, or Cornflower, is also easily and quickly 
raised from seed—the seed germinating in about three days 
either under cover or in the open ground, and the plants will 
be a mass of flowers all summer, seedlings after the first bloom 
giving a later succession of flowers; they are charming for cut 
flowers. 
Then the dainty Schizanthus is well worth cultivating in the 
summer and often covers itself so profusely with blossoms as 
to hide its foliage entirely. Its seed should be sown at intervals 
of a couple of 
weeks apart, as it 
blooms freely but 
once. 
A certain 
amount of white 
is always neces¬ 
sary in anv garden 
for the happiest ef¬ 
fects, and one al¬ 
ways wishes plenty 
of white flowers 
for cutting. This 
is made possible 
by sowing freely 
seed of Candytuft 
—the variety Em¬ 
press is excellent 
for the purpose, 
the spikes of bloom 
being produced 
with great freedom 
and of enormous 
size. The long- 
spurred, white Columbine, 
though a perennial, will bloom 
the first year from seed and 
has an airy grace peculiarly 
its own, which does not oc¬ 
cur in any other flower. Co¬ 
lumbines ( Aquiligea ) are 
lovely in beds by themselves, 
or when used to border taller 
plants. 
The summer garden will 
hardy seem complete without 
a bed of Pansies. These may 
be had from plants that have 
been started very early in a 
cool window in the house or 
in a coldframe, and plants al¬ 
ready budded and in flower 
thrive hardily when set out in 
the belated garden. Keep cutting the flowers to prolong the bloom. 
Flowering vines afford one of the strongest features of the 
temporary garden, as one can always find a place for a vine, 
even though there be no room for a flower bed. Nasturtiums, 
Morning Glories, Sweet Peas, may all be grown with little labor 
or cost, and the Coboca scandcns will delight one with a profusion 
of flowers throughout the summer, and will flourish on the north 
or west side of the house long after the frost has cut down most 
of the garden's other treasures. 
The above are a few of the available annuals for quick 
growth in the temporary garden, but they present a selection 
which cannot fail to afford great satisfaction to the gardener. 
But one need not confine his selection of plants to annuals 
alone. Very attractive temporary gardens may be quickly 
evolved by the use of such plants as the Canna. Cannas are 
about the most ornamental and tropical looking of plants seen 
in private and public gardens, and most attractive beds will re¬ 
sult from a selection of the fancy-foliaged plants such as Canna 
musifolia, Black Beauty and the like, while the large, orchid- 
flowered kinds—Austria, Burbank, Allemanni, Italia and the 
like, are not only very effective on the lawn but also valuable 
for cut flowers. These also may be grown from the roots, or 
bought already started from the florist; large beds of the taller 
varieties, bordered 
with the dwarf 
forms, and edged 
with a border of 
dwarf Nasturtiums 
are beautiful and 
effective, or Cala- 
diums may be used 
in connection with 
the Cannas with 
tropical effect. 
Ricinus makes 
a handsome bed, 
and as it is easily 
grown from seed 
and makes a very 
rapid growth once 
it has become es¬ 
tablished, it is to be 
especially recom¬ 
mended for the 
temporary garden. 
(Continued on 
page xvi.) 
Petunias will thrive in almost any soil and they make a brave showing 
in a border 
Nasturtiums bloom very quickly from seed. 
The dwarf and climbing varieties will fill 
many bare spots 
For the temporary home you can at least 
have flowers in boxes around the porch 
railing 
