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 |
| Poppy | Giant Single, | White | 3 |
| Scabious, | Snowball | 3 | |
| Chrysanthemum | carinatum | album | 2-1/2 |
| Chrysanthemum | Dunnetti, | Double white | 2-1/2 |
| Nasturtium, | Tall, | Pearl | Cl. |
| MEDIUM. | |||
| Clarkia | elegans, | Snowball | 2 |
| Lupinus | Hartwegii, | White | 2 |
| Malope, | White | 2 | |
| Poppy, | White Swan | 2 | |
| Shirley, | Double White | 2 | |
| Calendula | pluvialis | 1-1/2 | |
| Chrysanthemum | inodorum | plenissimum | |
| Clarkia, | Double White | 1-1/2 | |
| Gilia | nivalis | 1-1/2 | |
| Gypsophila | elegans | 1-1/2 | |
| Hawkweed, | White | 1-1/2 | |
| Hawkweed | Silver | 1-1/2 | |
| Jacobea, | Double, | White | 1-1/2 |
| Sweet Sultan, | Giant | White | 1-1/2 |
| Chrysanthemum | coronarium, | ||
| Dwarf | double | white | 1-1/4 |
| DWARF. | |||
| Acroclinium, | Single White | 1 | |
| Candytuft, | Improved | White Spiral | 1 |
| Clarkia, | Dwarf white | 1 | |
| Clarkia | Double | dwarf white | 1 |
| Convolvulus | minor, | White | 1 |
| Eschscholtzia | crocea | alba | 1 |
| Godetia, | Duchess | of Albany | 1 |
| Layia | elegans | alba | 1 |
| Linaria, | Snow-white | 1 | |
| Nasturtium, | Dwarf, | Pearl | 1 |
| Platystemon | californicus | 1 | |
| Viscaria, | Pure White | 1 | |
| Alyssum, | Sweet | 3/4 | |
| Chrysanthemum | inodorum | plenis-simum, | |
| Bridal Robe | 3/4 | ||
| Collinsia | candidissima | 3/4 | |
| Godetia, | Dwarf White | 3/4 | |
| Swan River | Daisy, | White | 3/4 |
| Swan River | Daisy | Star White | 3/4 |
| Venus’ | Looking-glass, | White | 3/4 |
| Venus’ | Navel-wort | 3/4 | |
| Virginian Stock, | White | 3/4 | |
| Candytuft, | Little Prince | 1/2 | |
| Nemophila | insignis | alba | 1/2 |
| Alyssum | minimum | 1/3 | |
| Silene, | Dwarf White | 1/3 |
YELLOW AND ORANGE SHADES
BLUE, MAUVE, AND PURPLE SHADES.
| TALL. | |||
| Cornflower, | Blue | 3 | |
| Larkspur, | Stock-flowered, | Blue | 3 |
| Larkspur, | Stock-flowered, | Pale Mauve | 3 |
| Lupinus, | Tall dark blue | 3 | |
| Poppy, | Giant Double, Mauve | 3 | |
| Scabious, | Mauve | 3 | |
| MEDIUM. | |||
| Godetia, | Double Mauve | 2 | |
| Lupinus | Hartwegii, | Azure Blue | 2 |
| Poppy, | Mauve Queen | 2 | |
| Sweet Sultan, | Purple | 2 | |
| Xeranthemum | superbissimum | 2 | |
| Xeranthemum | imperiale | 2 | |
| Anchusa, | Annual Blue | 1-1/2 | |
| Gilia | capitata | 1-1/2 | |
| Gilia | tricolour | 1-1/2 | |
| Jacobea, | Double, Purple | 1-1/2 | |
| Nigella, | Miss Jekyll | 1-1/2 | |
| Phacelia | tanacetifolia | 1-1/2 | |
| Salvia, | Blue Beard | 1-1/2 | |
| Sweet Sultan, | Giant Delicate Mauve | 1-1/2 | |
| Sweet Sultan, | Giant Mauve | 1-1/2 | |
| DWARF. | |||
| Asperula | azurea | setosa | 1 |
| Candytuft, | Lilac | 1 | |
| Convolvulus | minor, | Dark blue | 1 |
| Convolvulus | Sky-blue | 1 | |
| Cornflower, | King of | Blue Bottles | 1 |
| Eutoca | viscida | 1 | |
| Linaria, | Mauve | 1 | |
| Lupinus, | Dwarf | rich blue | 1 |
| Mathiola | bicornis | 1 | |
| Phacelia | congesta | 1 | |
| Viscaria, | Bright Blue | 1 | |
| Whitlavia | gloxinioides | 1 | |
| Cornflower, | Victoria, | Dwarf blue | 3/4 |
| Leptosiphon | androsaceus | 3/4 | |
| Nigella, | Double dwarf | 3/4 | |
| Phacelia | campanularia | 3/4 | |
| Swan | River Daisy, | Blue | 3/4 |
| Swan | River Daisy, | Star Blue | 3/4 |
| Campanula | attica | 1/2 | |
| Nemophila | insignis | 1/2 |