the spaces between can be filled up with annuals such as larkspur, snapdragon, wallflowers, pansies and sweet alyssum.
"If you have no room for seedling beds in the autumn when dahlias, chrysanthemums, etc. are in bloom, seed boxes and pans come in usefully. Pans of earthenware about a foot across and four inches deep may be obtained from any Chinese nursery gardener. In this way wallflowers, pansy, and larkspur seeds may be sown in the late autumn.
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