Hardy and Half Hardy Annuals is a complete guide to annual plants designed for the gardener or botanist. Annual plants are plants that complete their life cycle within one year before dying. This vintage book concentrates on varieties of annual plants that are hardy or half-hardy referring to their ability to resist and survive low temperatures. This book is highly recommended for green-fingered readers with a practical interest in growing annual plants in their garden or on a smallholding. Contents include: Soil Sowing the Seeds Staking Acroclinium Adonis Alonsoa Alyssum Maritmum Anagallis Antirrhinum Angemone Asperula Azurea Setosa Bartonia Aurea Brachycoma Iberidifolia Browallia Elata Cacalia (Emilla) Coccinea Varieties etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable modern high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.