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Insure a Succession of Bloom: Dusty

Acalypha wilkesiana (in variety) Copper-leaf Centaurea cineraria Dusty Miller Centaurea gymnocarpa Plumose-leaved Dusty Miller Chrysanthemum parthenium aureum Golden Feather Chrysanthemum parthenium glaucum Dusty Feverfew Coleus blumei verschaffelti Branched Coleus 2. Flowering plants:

Ageratum houstonianum Floss Flower Begonia rex (in variety) Rex Begonia Iresine herbsti Round-leaved Achyranthes Iresine lindeni Narrow-leaved Achyranthes Pelargonium hortorum (in variety) Bronze-leaved Geranium Phalaris arundinacea Ribbon Grass Piqueria trinerva Stevia Santolina chamaecyparissus Lavender Cotton Senecio cineraria Dusty Miller Begonia semperflorens Triomphe de Lorraine Cherry Red Bedding Begonia Begonia semperflorens Vernon Bedding Begonia Chrysanthemum coronarium flore pleno Double Summer Chrysanthemum Cuphea llavea Cigar Plant Heliotropium Queen of Violets Blue Garden Heliotrope Lantana camara (in variety) Lantana Pelargonium (in variety) Geranium Petunia hybrida Petunia Salvia splendens (in variety) Scarlet Sage Tropaeoleum minus Dwarf Nasturtium Verbena hybrida Garden Verbena ANNUALS H. ANNUALS FOR DESIGN BEDDING. Oftentimes in the development of the flower garden the owner wishes for a massing of annual flowering plants to produce certain definite outlines. The amateur in selecting types for such effects will not be successful if he uses plants with habits of growth not adapted to the refinement of detail in the design being produced. Some annuals, like the dwarf snapdragon, French marigold, annual phlox, and dwarf zinnia, will develop within small spaces to produce complicated designs. Others like late asters, tall snapdragons, tall zinnias, and African marigolds lend themselves successfully only to simple bedding effects with larger and less complicated units.

The incorrect selection of annuals results in the following errors: (1) Loss of all trace of the original design because growth of plants used is out of scale with intent of the design (loose-growing, tall plants cannot maintain neat lines of a compact design); (2) Irregular and spotted flowering effect, because definite masses of plants do not bloom at the same time (e. g., early-flowering asters and late-flowering calendulas do not bloom at the same time).

The best rule to adopt is to become thoroughly familiar with the flowering period and with the normal height to which the different types of annuals will grow. No other way is so good as to buy packets of seed and grow some of the different sorts for a season. The woody and herbaceous perennial plants are as a rule sold as named varieties which are thoroughly understood the world over; but no such uniformity exists in regard to the seedsman's names for annual plants. It is not uncommon for seedsmen to sell identical seeds under different trade names or to give the same name to entirely different strains of seed. Therefore seeds of annuals should be bought of a reliable seedsman, preferably one who grows the seed, and one should not utilize novelties or unknown strains of seed in bedding work. By sticking to the best seedsmen and their established strains of seed excellent results will follow. a.