The sun., 1919-05-18

purpose. 1t commonly comes up year
after year without reseeding.
. Another good blue flower for quick
results is the annual larkspur, the
bright blue flowers of which are ex-
cellent for cutting and which is very
easy to grow. While not quite so i'm
pressive as the perennial larkspur II
makes very good showing in the gar
den. Butterfly Is a dainty variety
with attractive bright blue flowers.
Royal Blue is a fine variety of the
annual lupine. having a deep rich col
or. The lupines are especially good
ANIMALS for the back yard garden be-
cause OF the rapidly with which they
grow. They come into flower within
a few weeks from the time the seed
is sown, but as they pass rather quick
ly 1t is always a good plan to make
several successive sowings in order to
have a long season. This fact, OF
course, restricts the use OF lupines for
be dding.
The lobelia Is a good bedding annual,
| having blue flowers in different
| shades. 1t is also possible to obtain
good blue asters, and as everybody
| knows the aster Is one OF the most
desirable of the bedding ANIMALS. 1t
would be wise to buy plants now rather
than to SOW seeds. as the aster re-
| quires considerable time to reach the
blooming age. II you are troubled
| with aster beetles or other pests, use
| tobacco dust or wood ashes freely
when setting out the plants. working
It into the ground around the roots.
Tobacco dust should also be applied
to the surface soil later on. If root
maggots still prove troublesome, some
nicotine solution or tobacco water
made by boiling tobacco stems may be
poured onto the ground close TO the
plants. This is proving an effective
remedy for pests OF all kinds which
! feed at the roots Of the plants or eat
the stems below ground
There are also some very good blue
verbenas, and the verbena is a very
fine bedder IL the right sorts are
chosen. There are also some fine blues
among the stocks.
When II comes to reds there Is no
lack Of good flower subjects, the list
including pinks. stocks peoples. phlox,
saliva. verbenas and zinnias. The sal
via is the most popular Of all ANIMALS
for producing dazzling scarlet masses.
but 1t needs a green background to be
most effective. Splendens Is the kind
commonly used. but several newer va
1eties are being put on the market.
Bonfire makes a fine, compact bush
two feet high. 1t Is one Of the most
gorgeous plants in cultivation. Ball
of Fire is similar, but is more compact
and has a dwarfer habit, so it Is better
to use when rather low beds are re-
quired. Zurich is ever more dwarf,
and Isl valued particularly for It's early
blooming habit, coming into flower ten
days or two weeks ahead Of any other
kind. Globe of Fire is a new scarlet
sage which Is a remarkably free
blooming kind. but Is especially valu-
able because OF the bushy character OF
the plants which do not grow much
over fifteen inches high and are sur
prislngly uniform. Unless plants are
started early it is best to buy them
now, although plants for late summer
can be secured II the seeds are sown
by the middle of May.
An annual which is growing in favor
as bedding plant when red blossoms
are wanted is the Chinese woolfower,
which is a novel form OF the feathered
coclkscomb. The crimson flowers are
produced In enormous heads. which re-
mind one Of aFum majors plume. II
they are cut and dried they will keep
their brilliant color for weeks. This is
a remarkably snowy plant
The annual phloX or phlox Drum
mondi is a very useful annual and
blooms for a long season. There are
several good red varieties, including
Black Warrior. which is not really
black, in spite Of its name, but a rich
blood red.
When It comes TO making up a white
bed or choosing white flowers for
garden, wide variety Is offered. First
there IL the common sweet alyssum,
which everybody knows. Then there
are the pinks, with SNOWFALL as a good
white kind. Snowflake and Princess
Alice are desirable stocks or gilliflow-