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The Annual Garden: Flower

Varieties. Giant Lady Lenox is the best strain and can be secured in white, pink and crimson. Klondyke is a yellow variety. The double cosmos is a recent introduction, but is not so popular as the single varieties. Didiscus, Blue Lace Flower. The Blue Lace Flower is a comparatively new and very desirable annual. The delicate lacy flowers are pale lilac and resemble those of Queen Anne's Lace except in color. It appears at its best when planted in masses against a background of green, as its habit of growth is spindly and the foliage effect is thin. The seed cannot be [28] started outdoors until May and therefore it is better to sow it indoors in March. The seed sprouts slowly and poorly, nearly 2 weeks being required for germination. The seedlings should be pot grown as transplanting is difficult. Set the plants 8 inches apart in blooming quarters.

Never allow the plants to dry out or to suffer from lack of cultivation. It combines well with pale yellows and pinks and the length of the blooming period depends very much upon the routine care given.

Variety. Cæruleus, pale lilac.

Gaillardia, Blanket Flower. Gaillardia seed should be sown the latter part of April directly in the garden where it is to bloom. It is easily grown provided it is situated in the full sun and in a soil that is not too heavy. Thin the plants so that they will stand 10 inches apart. The plants bloom continuously all summer if the seed pods are not allowed to develop. Varieties. The Bride, ivory white, Picta, orange and crimson.

Godetia. Godetia is a hardy annual and may be sown in its blooming quarters in April. It is not particular about the soil it grows in and the little plants are covered with attractive flowers that come in brilliant rose, red, pink and white. [29] Varieties. The best varieties are Rosamond, shell pink, Duchess of Albany, white.