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with annuals those included in the following group should be sown in two or three successive plantings. Very few annual seeds should be sown after the hot summer weather begins, unless great care is given to the watering.

To provide a succession of bloom Centaurea Cyanus Myosotis palustris Old-fashioned Cornflower Forget-me-not Coreopsis tinctoria Nigella damascena Tickseed Love-in-a-mist (sow every six weeks) Gypsophila elegans Papaver (in variety) Poppy (sow every four weeks) Baby's Breath (sow every three weeks) Iberis umbellata Candytuft (sow every three weeks) Reseda odorata Phlox drummondi Drummond's Phlox Mignonette (sow every three weeks) E. ANNUALS TO BE STARTED INDOORS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE BLOOM BEFORE FROST. For the best results and for early summer flowers, the annuals in this group should be started in hot frames or greenhouses and transplanted in the very early spring, as soon as the danger of frost is over, into their permanent garden locations. China Aster Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum Floss Flower Antirrhinum majus Snapdragon Brachycome iberidifolia Swan River Daisy Callistephus hortensis Cheiranthus cheiri Wallflower Cosmos bipinnatus Cosmos Heliotropium peruvianum Heliotrope Lobelia erinus (in variety) Lobelia Matthiola incana Common Stock Nicotiana (in variety) Tobacco Plant Petunia hybrida Petunia Salpiglossis sinuata Painted Tongue Salvia splendens Scarlet Sage Schizanthus pinnatus Butterfly Flower Verbena hybrida Verbena Viola tricolor Pansy F. ANNUAL VINES. While the more permanent perennial types of woody vines are developing during the first two or three years after transplanting it is often desirable to fill the bare spaces on fences and walls with the annual vines that will produce a mass foliage effect. Any of the vines shown in this group are valuable for that purpose. a.

Delicate foliage:

Adlumia cirrhosa (biennial) Alleghany Vine Cardiospermum halicacabum Balloon Vine b. Heavy foliage:

Calonyction aculeatum Moon Vine Dolichos lablab Hyacinth Bean Echinocystis lobata Wild Cucumber Humulus lupulus Hop Vine Humulus lupulus japonica Cut-leaved Hop Vine Cobaea scandens (sow indoors) Cup and Saucer Vine Tropaeolum canariense (sow indoors) Canary Bird Vine Ipomoea hederacea (Japanese varieties) Japanese Morning Glory Ipomoea purpurea Common Morning Glory Phaseolus multiflorus Scarlet Runner Bean Quamoclit pinnata Cypress Vine Quamoclit coccinea hederifolia Cardinal Climber ANNUALS G. PLANTS FOR CARPET BEDDING. Carpet bedding as a part of design in landscape planting has a specific place and is used for a specific purpose. This type of planting lends itself to extremely formal areas throughout parks and around architectural treatments. It is not adapted in any way for use in connection with informal types of American landscapes either in park developments or in settings of homes. This is a field of work which gives the gardener an excellent opportunity to show his skill in the trimming of plants and the arrangement of plants to produce interesting pattern effects. There is no other group of plants from which specimens can be selected which will perform the same functions in the landscape picture as plants selected from this group. The perennials are mostly propagated from cuttings, and the annual plants are grown each year from seeds. They are usually planted very closely-from three to six inches apart-so as to secure an even colour effect and a complete blanket of foliage with welldefined lines of separation between the varieties. Few of these plants are sold under their proper scientific names, but the common names here given will identify them.