decorations; and the Sweet Peas, and =Tropaeolum canariense,= and climbing Convolvulus may be employed to cover arbours and trellises with the best effect possible, and may even be allowed to hang in festoons about the sunny parts of rockeries, or trail over the ground to make genuine bedding effects.  Another important matter must have mention here, and we commend it to the consideration of gardeners who are severely taxed to secure extensive displays of flowers during the summer season.  It is that a number of plants of highly ornamental character, usually treated as perennials, are really more effective, besides occasioning less labour to produce them, when cultivated as annuals.  The Dianthus and its several splendid varieties do better as annuals than biennials.  For all the ordinary purposes of display, Lobelias may be as well grown from seed as from cuttings, and in every garden will be found proof of the small amount of care they require; for we find stray, self-sown plants in pots of Geraniums and other places, and these, if left alone, become perfect bushes, and are a mass of flowers all the summer.  Many annuals commonly reputed to be tender and usually raised in heat do very well indeed on a more rough and ready method.  In proof of this, sow =Perilla nankinensis= in the first week of May where it is required, and in the month of July you will probably be convinced that Perilla does not always need careful nursing in heated houses through the spring.  Even the really tender Castor-oil Plant will thrive if sown in the open ground the first week in May.  Having no check, as plants put out from pots must have, the growth will be regular and sturdy, and attain magnificent dimensions.

Perhaps the most effective way of growing annuals is to arrange them in harmonious blendings or contrasts of colour.  The wide choice of varieties available admits of an almost endless number of combinations, and the following tables, classified according to colour, will no doubt afford some serviceable suggestions, although these by no means exhaust the list.  The height is indicated in feet and Climbers as ‘Cl.’

==White, and cream shades.==

==Tall.==

Chrysanthemum coronarium,
Princess May ... ... ... 3
Chrysanthemum coronarium,
Double white ... ... ... 3
Cornflower, White ... ... 3
Helichrysum, Silver Globe ... 3
Larkspur, Stock-flowered, White 3
Lavatera alba splendens ... ... 3
Poppy, Giant Double, White ... 3
  " Giant Single, White ... 3
Scabious, Snowball ... ... 3
Chrysanthemum carinatum album 2-1/2
       " Dunnetti, Double
white ... ... ... ... 2-1/2
Nasturtium, Tall, Pearl ... ...  Cl.

==Medium.==