This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V18", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
People often want to know what to sow to get flowers for cutting all summer long. The following list is recommended by Messrs. Thorburn:
Abronia umbellata. Ageratum Mexicanum album. Alyssum maritinum. Amaranthus tricolor. Aquilegia caerulea. Aster chrysanthemiflora.
" alba, Balsams Camellia flowered. Centranthus macrosi-[phon. dwarf. Clintonia pulchella. Collinsia bicolor. verna. Cuphea ocymoides. miniata. purpurea. Dianthus Chinensis. Didiscus ca?rulea. Gilia tricolor. Gypsophila paniculata.
Gypsophila acutifolia. Heliophila araboides. Heliotropium grandiflorum. Iberis odorata. " umbellata. " sempervirens. Leptosiphon d e n s i florus. Lobelia gracilis. " erinus. Mimulus moschatus. Phlox Drummondii. Reseda odorata (Mignonette). Silene Schafta. Smilax asparagoides (Myrsiphyllum). Spraguea umbellata. Stocks, (Ten Weeks.) Viola tricolor, finest. Viscaria oculata. " Dunnettii.
Zinnia, all the double varieties.
 
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