By G, EB SERY, Garden Kaltor
ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS
Mowers from Seed: How to Use and Raise them,

Tt has been sald somewhere tat the growing of Annunln In the
ABC, or kindergarten of gardening, and certainly thero ts something
Yo be said for such a statement; although, on the other hand, one must

‘admit that only too often can be neon badly-grown, Iharranged annual

Bowers,
‘There in no clans of garden troy the effect of more permanent
yeeutting Inte them (00
manly spoilt by neg-/Plante by cutting |i
+) aera heavily, quantities of th noat do

Ject or want of care.
From one point of view, an-

Lightful ubjecta, can be ruined
y wins

© nuala are simple planta nasocl-| easily and inexpensively
fed by many of wil with: our/annuols and ‘blennlala, If cond
Ghlidhood's | gardens and tho/tiona ‘permit, thin Ix whore
Autumn’ owing of some of the

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‘There they look completely
D their place; and there Is no doubt
{hat ts mueh of thelr charm, and
the reason why, in apite of alt our
Important looking names of par-
Hleular flower and plant societies,
there Js noticeable in the garden
world today a distinct reayaken-
Ing of interest in these simple,

Hardior subject comen In Ro Use:

tn, fully
WINTER EASILY

Larkspurs, Shirley Poppy, Gode
tia and Nigella, and other sub-
joots, if vown in August and
Kember in well-drained soll in
open, sunny position, will come
through most wintera perfectly
well and will bloom several weeks

n

earlier than Springseown planta,
ghtful and indispensable
ee “ : ind give twice the length of stem
rales for cuttin,

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No Mower garden worthy of

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namie, and particularly the garden|. ocunium, | Hellehrysum and
which Is lived In and eared for PY | enoganthe, should also bo includ-

it for th

well-known Cana

ithor and former general publicity a,

iflc Railway, and during the last tw ly will

the ownergardener, can afford to

ed In any collection for cutting.

be without them. Annual and Blen-\r¢ the flowors are cut in the young

Bial plants bring back memories of | at just after opening, and care-

Bright sunny days, full of tightness) ny hung up to dry. they will

> fragrance and colour. brighten many a dull Winter's day
Wallfowers in Spring, Sweet W1l- | indoors

Hams, Mignonette, Exchscholizia} here arc also n number of

and Nemophila n Summer. conjure! graceful annual grasses, uch as

bp pictures of lovely beauty and| Asrestis laxiflora and A, nebulosa,

areeettioas Stipa pinata, Briza maxima, and

There are many ways of using! many others, easily grown and

annuals and blennlals in the £4t-most useful for bouquets and
en. Many of the best annuals are | vases.

Yery suitable for sowing fm the} ne many beautiful annual
Autumn in appropriate positions. | oimbing plants: ect P

Tals is proved by the very happy|turtiums, Ipomoea, Canary Cr
chance effect achieved by self-lor Mina lobata. and others,
gown seedlings of hardy annuals) not used is much as they descrve.
Such as Nemophila, Platystemo®,/7raiting over banks and old tree
Limnanthes, Phacella, ete, stumps, over and through shrubs,
A well-grown plant of Nemophila|ynich is their natural position,
Snsignis with its eky-blue flowers! ineso climbers add enormously to
Growing near a path edged with|the “natural” look of a garden.
rey stones and a few plants of | picruRE EFFECT
the pale primrose Flatystemon) 4 very beautiful picture may be
icalltornicus growing bear by, make) ,c40 with these'plints by training
delightful picture. Such chance} them to grow through and over
pictures arc often so beautiful that|pedge. A novel’ and attractive
tt ds worth while to try to repro-|efrect may also be made with cut

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In most parts of Canada thi
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,|four years for conifers.

Tt fn better to use falrly small! sestember frat for

ting a hedge, says

conifers.

ats py Hedges should be clipped during}

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t, Ormamen-| coo}, dull »pelln of weather to|

avoid tip burning.

The reason for clipping towards |
the end of the growing season Is
Hedges

tal Horticulture, Central Experl-

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mental Farm, Ottawa. Two-y

old plants from seed are e

a | tare
trimmed at this time rare
The first spring after planting,}enough to get out of shape dur
deciduous hedges should be cut|ing the remainder of the scason|
down to within a few inches of the |and will look untidy only for two!
ground, If older bushy plants are|or three weeks In June

used cut them back almost to the
base of last year’s growth. This
causes the plant to throw out num-
erous new

ground, In tho caso of c
cut off only about half of Inst
year’s growth

‘Hedges must be clipped cach year

lent for most deciduous hedg one of economy,

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ce them by sowing seeds Of|sprays for table decorgtion.
Hany of these subjects in odd! There are few annuals which are
places, such as the edges of: paths, | 154. alpines
Between stones, and 0 on, are quite a number which may be
MIXED BORDERS |Used with good effect in a well-
Many annuals and blennials are| planted rock garden, The subjects |
|) iisiyensable tors groups «in the| muse ye chosen and planted with |

| wiked border. They often come in| cary,

St time when many other fower| Try tonopsidiuin acaule in
ing plants are past thelr best, and. |cracks between the stones; “Ana-

Js addition to lengthening the ;
gallis, large-flowered blue and scar-
Datlod of flowering for the border | 11

nevertheless, there

» in a sunny pocket for a Sum-)

\#on. In general, hedges should be
jtrimmed wi

to Keep them in good shape. Never | PRASSATATSTISARIITRITS,
let a hedge reach the desired height MO OODIMEOOES
before starting to trim it This will

result In a bushy top on tall leat-

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‘The correct time to trim will

vary with the locality and the xea~ Faateen sie

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of new growth In about at an ond.

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4a general, by the vividness. of
thelr coloring they add very much
to the whole color effect.

Owing to the great choles of
“olor among annual plants, the
Tost effective color classifications
fan be made with @ Little care in
choosing the right subjects,

For this purpose it is worth
wMudying carefully times of Dower-
Jog, helght and habits of the
Plants, and the shades of color of
the flowers. Notes should bo made

mer,and Autumn show; and Ltin-
nanthes Douglass! with its cool,
green follage and masses of yellow
and white flowers in May from a
September sowing.” There are quite
4 number of similar subjects which
may well he used more than they
are at present.

A further use of annuals and
biénnials which bas come Into
reat prominence of recent years,
owing to the urgent need for
economy. {« for conservatory anid

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when the plants are in Mower, and | cco) greenhouse decoration in pots
éarefully preserved for the follow-| with the help of Bulbs, there x no

ing season. reason why

¥ a continuous dinplay of
A worder devoted to annuals! powers may not bo had. {rom
Alone; given tho right position and] planta from aeed in the cool
adequate preparation of! tho «oll, .

keremhouse and the furnishing of
Mean excellent meuna of achlev-| bo subjects’ for indoor’ decorution:
fog a brightiy-colored ploture at} erore going on a detalled de-
& definite time of the year. This] scription of nome of the more im.
can be planned for any time Gur-| portant annuals and. blennials, 1
Mog Summer and early Autumn. | should tke to add a tow notes on

As ents thelr general habit of cultivation anid “Kenernl treatmont,

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NH whould be covered when tho|elum wa consume is nod In the
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Bome subjects, such as Viscaria
“and Linaria, look best in patent
OF mixed colors, while others with

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