A few annuals will make a good show, and nothing is better in a window-box or really dingy corner than Virginian stock; but, as a rule, it repays trouble best to rear perennials. Seedling wallflowers, sweet Williams and Canterbury bells, and such like, make a border bright. The great secret of success in growing annuals is to thin them out well; the patches of seedlings are too often left far too much overcrowded. This "thinning" is even more important than good soil and careful watering. Marigolds thrive best of all, and will often seed themselves, but a few other annuals can be safely recommended. Candytuft. Catchfly (Silene pendula and armeria). Erysinum perofskianum (a kind of Treacle mustard). Eschscholzia. Flax (scarlet). Godetias. lonopsidium acaule (violet cress). Larkspur (annual). Love-in-a-mist (Nigella). Nasturtiums. Phlox drummondi. Snapdragon (Antirrhinum). Toadflax (Linaria).
