All annual flower seeds seeds may be sown directly in the garden; and there are a number which should be, because they arc difficult to transplant. These Include alyssum, California poppy, godctta. kochia, Icptosyne, llnarln. lupin, matthlola (evening scented stock), nasturtium, dwarf phlox, poppies, portutaca and salpiglossis.

Failure with flower seed sown in a garden bed or border is often due to lack of care. Much the same technique should be used as in sowing In a seed box, particularly as to shallow planting, and covering the seeds with porous soil. Identification of the seeds, and of their location, are also important, since with slow germinators it is easy to forget exactly where they were sown. Care will be well repaid, Seeds are subject to many hazards which h u m a n skill cannot wholly avoid, but the careful operator may count upon a high average of success.

Prepare a smooth seed bed, loosening the soil to a depth of six Inches. Work Into it four pounds of plant food for each 100 square feet. Then outline with a string the area to be covered with each variety. Mix the seed with sand to help scatter it over the space as evenly as possible. Then sift a light covering of porous soil ever the seed and firm it lightly.

Now, until the seeds sprout the soil must be kept moist; and this requires dally sprinkling with a fine spray, taking care not to wash the seeds out of the soil. You should know when to expect the seeds to sprout.