Dreer's 72nd annual edition garden book : 1910 . ground should be dug and raked fine on thesurface, sowing the seeds evenly and thinly, either in lines orbeds, covering not over four times their size, and firming the soilover them. Should they come up too thickly, as most of themare likely to do, thin out so that the plants will stand from 4 to12 inches apart, according to the variety. This plan is alsoadapted to many varieties usually started indoors, includingAsters, Verbenas^ Celosias, Stocks, Salvia, etc., etc.; but as arule their germination is more certain under glass, and as theybegin t
Dreer's 72nd annual edition garden book : 1910 . ground should be dug and raked fine on thesurface, sowing the seeds evenly and thinly, either in lines orbeds, covering not over four times their size, and firming the soilover them. Should they come up too thickly, as most of themare likely to do, thin out so that the plants will stand from 4 to12 inches apart, according to the variety. This plan is alsoadapted to many varieties usually started indoors, includingAsters, Verbenas^ Celosias, Stocks, Salvia, etc., etc.; but as arule their germination is more certain under glass, and as theybegin to flower so much earlier when started indoors, the extratrouble is well repaid for by their increased blooming period. We commend to the careful attention of our customers thearticles on the succeeding pages on How to Grow Annuals, by Prof. L. H. Bailey, of CornellUniversity, and which appeared in the :May, 1903, number ofCountry Life in America, andHow to Grow Perennials from Seed, written expresslyfor this book bv Wm. Falconer, of WrrH Lath Shade, the ^^AY wu L7Ekm!n.\Flower is Summer The full worth of their money to all is the broad principle in which we always deal, and we refer to our reputation as evidence that we live up to the precept. (51) Annuals, and How to Grow Them. By Professor L. H. Bailey, ofCornell Uni^ersity This article appeared in May, 1903, Country Life in America, and is printed by permission. Annual plants are those that you must sow every year. Thestaid perennials I want for the main and permanent eftects in mygarden, but I could no more do without annuals than I could dowithout the spices and the condiments at the table. They areflowers of a season. I like flowers of a season. Of the kinds of annuals there is almost no end. This does notmean that all are equally good. For myself, I like to make thebold effects with a few of the old profuse and reliable kinds. Ilike whole masses and clouds of them. Then the other kinds Ilike to grow in
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