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Show TIPS to (jardeners QUICK FLOWER GARDENS 1VIANY people want quick re- suits in the flower garden, and for them the lists of annual flowers offer effective aid. A highly satisfactory, and economical eco-nomical hedge, for instance, can be grown in six or eight weeks from seed. Kochia is the plant. A single packet of Kochia seed will provide a full, bushy hedge along the front or side of the yard. For a flowering hedge, Four o'clock will produce attractively within two months after seed is planted. Glowing borders of flowers that beautify the yard, and at the same time provide ample cut flowers for the housewife, may be enjoyed the first summer. The fastest-growing fastest-growing and most dependable annuals an-nuals for cutting include the Zinnias, Zin-nias, Marigolds, Bachelor Buttons and Petunias. There are tall, medium, me-dium, and dwarf varieties of each. Most widely used of fast-growing annual vines is Heavenly Blue Morning Glory, whose giant, soft-blue soft-blue flowers are in a class by themselves. It is well to scratch the coat of Heavenly Blue seeds before planting them to speed their otherwise slow germination. |