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They are good at the back of the border because the individual blossoms—which close at night—are large and easily visible from a distance. Germination takes two to three weeks and they are hardy annuals. Set plants 6 inches apart and make successive sowings over the summer. The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has made such an impressions on my consciousness that it has a special essay on page 26. spider flower Cleome flower (Cleome Hasslerana.) gets its name from the spider flower Cleome-like (or more truthfully, daddy-longlegs-like) blossoms with many long, waving stamens. Planted in large masses, spider flower Cleome flowers look j like blooming shrubbery.

Also for late July into August a pot containing one blooming lily-of-the-Nile (Agapanthus africanus 'Albus') should be moved about for the best effect. This plant is only hardy above Zone 8 and should spend winters in a greenhouse or a cool north window. Among the annuals used for the moonlight garden are white geraniums (Pelaragonium x hortorum), white petunias (Petunia x hybrida), white nicotiana (Nicotiana data 'Grandiflora'), white cosmos (Cosmos tipinnatus 'Purity'), white spider flower Cleome flower (Cleome Hasslerana 'Alba' or 'Snow Queen'), and for a final round of color under a Harvest Moon, some white bedding mums (Chrysanthemum x morifolium).

Capture: spider flower Cleome never jumps; when disturbed, it retreats to farthest corner of its ragged web; push broom into web against spider flower Cleome, which usually remains quietly among bristles; with small stick gently push it from broom into quart jar The black widow spider flower Cleome is included in this discussion, first, because it is the only spider flower Cleome that is, to date, known to be deadly to man; second, because it is so common across the country that children should be taught to recognize it (knowledge is necessary for protection); third, because it can be easily maintained in captivity without fear, and its habits observed.