. Compliments of the season. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 5r\NMU ALsS. X THIS Department, under the head of Annuals, we describe not only the true Annuals, that is, those flowers that bud, blossom and ripen their seed the first summer and then die, but some Biennials and Perennials that flower the first season and live on for a year or more, like the Pansy, Dianthus, and Antirrhinum. The Annuals are valuable treasures to both the amateur and professional gardener. There is no forgotten spot in the garden, none which early flowering bulbs or other s
. Compliments of the season. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 5r\NMU ALsS. X THIS Department, under the head of Annuals, we describe not only the true Annuals, that is, those flowers that bud, blossom and ripen their seed the first summer and then die, but some Biennials and Perennials that flower the first season and live on for a year or more, like the Pansy, Dianthus, and Antirrhinum. The Annuals are valuable treasures to both the amateur and professional gardener. There is no forgotten spot in the garden, none which early flowering bulbs or other spring flowers have left unoccupied, or where plants have unex- pectedly failed, that need remain bare during the summer; no bed but can be made brilliant with these favorites, for there is no situation or soil in which some of the Annuals will not flourish. Some members delight in shade, others in sunshine; some, like the Pansy, are pleased with a cool clay bed; while others are never so comfortable as in a sandy soil and burning sun, like that little salamander, the Portulaca. Still others seem perfectly indifferent, and will grow and flower under almost any circumstances. The seed, too. is so cheap as to be within the reach of all, while a good collection of bedding plants would not come within the resources of many; and yet very few beds filled with expensive bed- ding plants look better than a good bed of our best Annuals, like Phlox, Petunia or Portulaca, and for a vase or basket, several of our Annuals are unsurpassed. To the Annuals, also, we are indebted mainly for our brightest and best flowers in the late summer and autumn months. They seem like nature's smiles, so simply do they spring up before us, and so wonderfully do they brighten our gardens and nomes. Frail treasures â yet who can estimate the good they accomplish in one short summer! Is not our life as frail as theirs? and shall we not, while studying their habits, learn to make the most of each day's sunshin
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