The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.Shaw, Ellen Eddy
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The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
Shaw, Ellen Eddy
Gardening -- Juvenile literature
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FRAGRANT ANNUALS
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NAME COLOUR TIME HEIGHT SPECIAL POINTS
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Mignonette Green May 1 ft. Beautifully fragrant. Do
Oct. not transplant. Good to use
as a break for
clashing colours.
Sweet Peas White July 4-6 ft. Free bloomer. Try variety
Scarlet Oct. _Lathyrus odorata._
Blue
Yellow
Ten- weeks Pink June 1 ft. Good for cut flowers.
stock Purple July Fragrant at night.
White
Sweet Sultan White June 2 ft. _Centaurea moschata_ good
Yellow Aug. for cut flowers.
Purple
Sweet Alyssum White July 1/2 ft. _Alyssum maritimun._ Low
Sept. growing, border plant.
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ANNUALS THAT RE-SOW THEMSELVES
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NAME COLOUR TIME HEIGHT SPECIAL POINTS
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Morning glory Reds July 15-30 ft. Grows rapidly. Makes a
Blues Oct good screen.
Whites
Poppy Pink June 1/2-2 ft. _Papaver Rhocas_ and P.
Scarlet Sept. _somniferum_.
White
Phlox Yellow May l/2-1 ft. _Phlox Drummondii._
Reds Aug. Need much water.
White
Pot Marigold Orange June 1-2 ft. _Calendula officinalis_
Yellow Oct. Likes a warm soil.
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ANNUALS THAT CLIMB
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NAME COLOUR TIME HEIGHT SPECIAL POINTS
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Balloon Vine White Aug. 10 ft. Grows rapidly. Good screen.
Japanese Hop Incon- July 8-20 ft. Rapid grower. Looks well
spicuous Oct. growing along old fences.
Moon-flower White July 15-30 ft. Night bloomer. Grows
Sept. rapidly.
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