Show BACK YARD FARMER i I 1 interesting anter esting pointers on gardening for the city man or suburbanite WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN advice by an expert on agricultural matters annual and perennial flowers flower profit in sees rals ing cucumbers by PROF JOHN WILLARD BOLTE annual flowers flo were that Is flowers which are grown from seed and live only one 8 season cason aro are very useful for decorating tho the home grounds filling window boxes etc they are no less hardy than perennials and they aro are cheaper to plant and fully as satisfactory in fix roost most ways A moderate use of perennials serves ns no a fine foundation for a flower garden and by using annuals tor for tho the balance wo we can have an unbroken adries aeries of blossoms throughout the season and can also vary the arrangement from year to year choose your color combinations with care so be as to avoid having inharmonious inon fous colors blooming at the same time do notise not use mixed seeds unless you know what the colors aro are select and plant beds or borders of the same variety and color for best effect conin canin krasting the them with other solid masses rather than mixtures 1 exceedingly charming effects can bo be secured by mass plantings of coreopsis poppies and many others of at the simpler annual blossoms r lowers flowers which bear largo clusters or sprays of bloom are effective in shady places and against walls the lower growing varieties can be used for bordering beds of perennials outlining vegetable gardens walks drives etc wild flowers should be planted in irregular groups in locations as nearly like their natural ones ns as possible do not attempt to plant them in regular beds and geometrical forms orma it you would secure best results annuals may be planted as an soon as the ground Is ready and many varlo afes may go in successfully quite late in fit the spring 4 for mass planting tho the following aro are recommended Scab loaa losa balsam col Core coreopsis opals globe globa amaranth poppies Pop plea Zinn las marigold snapdragon amaranthus Amaran thua border plants sweet alyssum mignonette pansies Pane iea candytuft dwart dwarf nasturtium dwarf dwart snapdragon low I 1 cods clarkia Clar Cl arkla hla phlox drum verbenah verbenas Ver benas bonas petunias Pet unias for late lata blooming background mosses we can recommend ommond rec CASTOR OIL KEANS BEANS COSMOS SALVIA AND SUNFLOWER for annual vinel x CLIMBING nasturtium LODELIA LOBELIA iSCAH 3 CARLET LET RUNNER WILD ner BER MORNING ORNING 31 olony GLORY CYPRESS VINH VINE and beat of at all flowers tho the sweet pea plant lots iota of annuals this year they cost little and they make the whole world happler happier |