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Show Enough Different Zinnias To Plant a Whole Garden i - u s i v: ". i r " V7X ' f Big and Small, All tin- Blossoms Illustrated Are Zinnias. Zinnias, the native American flowers which are the easiest of annuals to grow from seed, excel all other annuals in the variety of their colors, forms and sizes. There is hardly a garden role for which one of its many varieties vari-eties cannot be used. A beautiful garden can be planted with zinnias zin-nias alone, and if all of its charming charm-ing colors, and various forms are used, your friends will find it difficult dif-ficult to believe that such an effect ef-fect was produced with different varieties of one flower. Planting such a garden offers no difficulties., Seed can be sown direct in the garden to germinate in a few days and flower in a few weeks. Somewhat earlier Hewers can be obtained by starting seeds in the house, or a cold frame, to be transferred to the garden when ' freezing weather ends. In a zinnia border, it would be well to avoid seed of mixed colors, col-ors, and do your own color composing com-posing with groups or masses, each of a single color, attractively attractive-ly placed in harmonious contrast with each other. In the background the giants can be used, 3 to 4 feet tall. In this size you may select from two different forms, the dahlia flowered and the cactus. The first have flat petals formally arranged ar-ranged on 4-inch blooms of white, cream, yellow, red, rose, pink, lavender or purple flowers, in vr.vious tones. In pleasing contrast con-trast to these, cactus flowered . . I s have charmingly irregu-j irregu-j ... ( .icj pe;ai; anci grow even 1. . in size. There are white, scarlet, pink, and yellow varieties varie-ties with flowers 5 inches across. With groups of these large flowers arranged so that each group enhances en-hances the beauty of its neighbors, neigh-bors, a decorative effect can be achieved difficult to surpass with any other flowers. For the border foreground there are lower growing zinnias, with smaller flowers, but borne in greater profusion. They grow in low bushes from which armfuls of blossoms can be cut to use in bouquets. The secret of making them bloom profusely is never to allow flowers to fade on the plant. Fantasy zinnias, 2Ms feet tall, have shaggy flowers like the cactus cac-tus type, and lovely lavender, orange, rose and scarlet colors. The flowers of Haggeana Zinnias Zin-nias growing 18 inches tall, resemble re-semble small dahlias, with each pointed petal tipped with a contrasting con-trasting color, including yellow, crimson, maroon, pink and orange. or-ange. Lower growing kinds with small double flowers of conventional form, in brilliant red, pink, yellow yel-low and orange, include Tom Thumb, 6 inches tall; Cupid, 12 inches; and Lilliputs 12 to 15 inches. All zinnias need room to develop de-velop branches so do not crowd them. Give even the smallest kind a foot of room to grow in and the giants twice this space. They revel in warm sunshine and increase the abundance of their flowers as the days grow shorter, continuing until frost. |