25 MARCH 1949, Page 20

In the Garden

Most small gardeners, I think, being one of them, are not particular enough about the varieties of their annuals. We sow a coreopsis or an agrostemma or, say, dimorphotheca without specifying further. For my- self, I have long had an absurd liking for agrostemma, partly because of its grey foliage. There is now a vastly finer and larger variety called A. milas, strongly recommended in that admirable monthly My Garden.

W. BEACH THOMAS.