The plain path to good gardening; or, How to grow vegetables, fruits, & flowers successfully by Wood Samuel

Author:Wood, Samuel
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Gardening
Publisher: London, G. T. Goodwin
Published: 1871-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHOICE ANNUALS FOR BEDS.

Bartonia aurea, a pretty free-flowering yellow plant of a foot in height. Sow moderately thick where it is to bloom, and in an open spot. Brachycome ibidrifolia and alba, two exceeding good things for small beds, may be sown where they are to flower, on fine soil, one part leaf-mould and one part good earth. Make the bed light with the leaf-mould and some sand, pit or road sweepings; sift the leaf-mould if coarse. Make the surface fine, and sow the seed,^i^pa-rate colours, on the surface; then sift some earth (mostly leaf-mould) through a very fine sieve, so as to cover the seed the thickness of a threepenny piece, and shade the bed by laying a thin calico sheet or a newspaper over it for a few days, to prevent the surface drying and heavy rains disturbing the germination of the seed; remove the shades soon after the seed is up. Or they may be sown in seed-pans or

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under a hand-light and planted out. These two make a lovely dwarf bed, the one clear white, and the other clear blue, and remarkably free of flower.

Calychroa platyglossa, a very pretty, free-flowering yellow plant about a foot high, with a fimbriated margin of white. Sow moderately thick where it is to flower.

Clarkia integripetala, a beautiful thing; a dwarf, free-flowering plant with rose-coloured flowers, which are very conspicuous. Sow where it is to flower on good and moderately fine earth; cover the seed the thickness of a shilling.

Collinsea Bartsiaefolia and multicolor, two very pretty free-flowering dwarf annuals for small beds. Sow moderately thick on a fine surface of good common soil.

Convolvulus minor, a very beautiful thing for a good-sized bed. Sow on a medium surface thinly, and cover ■half an inch. -.

Dianthus Heddewigii, ^acinatus, and Chinensis. The two former are exceptions to the whole genus in the size of the flowers. Where the true sort can be had, and grown on good sandy loam and leaf-mould, there is nothing among Dianthus that can match the size of this particular flower. The Chinese varieties are very unique in their markings, and a bed of these sown moderately thick is very attractive. Gilia nivalis and tricolor, two very pretty dwarf varieties, well worthy of a place in every garden of annuals. Sow where it is to flower on good fine earth of a light nature.

Gypsophila elegans and G. muralis, two very pretty hardy plants of a dwarfish nature, and free to flower. The first mentioned is white and purple ; the last pink.

Fenzilea dianthiflora, a lovely thing for pots and small beds. Sow in pots of leaf-mould and loam, and set on heat. Prick them out and then pot off singly, or plant out into the small beds.

Inopsidium aucule, the smallest perfect plant known ; a curiosity.

Larkspur in variety. There are no annuals more worthy a place in the flower-garden than these. Sow where they are to flower in good, light, sandy soil; if the ground is heavy, add a good proportion of leaf-mould.

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