31 

 DIRECTION CARD 



THE HOME GARDENING ASSOCIATION 



1906 



Directions for Care of the Garden 



Plant seeds in garden or boxes early in May. 

 Fill boxes with four or five inches of fine, rich soil. 

 Place boxes in sunny place, and sprinkle every day. 

 Cover boxes at night, if very cold. 



Transplant seedlings to the garden about June 1st, on a damp day. 



Sow seeds of Nasturtiums, Morning Glories, Sunflowers and Four-O'clocks in the garden, as they do 

 not stand transplanting. 



•Suggestions for Window Boxes 



Make the box six or eight inches deep, twelve to fifteen inches wide, and as long as the window is wide- 

 Fill the boxes with fine rich soil and fasten firmly to the sunniest window. 

 Place similar boxes on the porch or fence. 



Plant Morning Glories on the side nearest the house and train up on strings. 

 Plant Climbing Nasturtiums near outside to hang down over the box. 

 Plant Zinnias, Marigolds. Asters. Phlox or Verbenas in middle of box. 

 Plants should stand four or five inches apart. 

 Boxes need water every day. 



Making of Flower Beds 



Select sunniest part of the yard. 



Avoid a place where the dripping from the roof will fall on the bed. 



Best effects are produced by planting all of one variety in one place. 



Preparation of the Soil 



Dig up the bed as early as possible, a foot deep. 



Mix with the soil some rich earth, well rotted manure, or leaf mould from the woods. 



Sake the beds and keep the soil fine and free from lumps, 



Watering of the Garden 



Sprinkle the beds every day, if necessary, until the plants are one inch high. 



Do not allow the soil to become dry. 



Sprinkle thoroughly every few days, when the plants are two or three inches high, instead of lightly 



every day. 

 Water in the morning and evening 

 If the soil is raked often between the plants they will not require as much watering. 



Thinning of Plants in the Garden 



Avoid having plants too crowded. 



Thin the plants when they are two or three inches high, on a cloudy day when the soil is moist. 



Transplant seedlings pulled up to another bed, or give them to some "friend. 



Take up a little soil with each plant. 



Use a trowel, an old kitchen fork or a small, flat, thin stick. 



PicKing' of Flowers 



Do not allow flowers to go to seed. 



Pick them every day and more will bloom. 



Allow a few of the best flowers to go to seed for next year's garden. 



Keep beautiful, fresh flowers in your house and share them with the sick. 



The Lawn 



Take care of the lawn all summer. 



Water well, when needed, and do not allow the surface to become dry. 

 Keep the lawn neat by cutting the grass when two or three inches high. 

 Pull out the weeds. 



The Veg'etable Garden 



Select a sunny place in the back yard. Dig up the bed and thoroughly enrich the soil. Crisp, tender 

 vegetables must be grown quickly. Keep the ground well stirred and free from weeds. Plan T 

 lettuce, onions, spinach and beets as soon as the ground can be worked. 



Allow space for a succession of plantings during the summer. 



THINGS TO REMEMBER 



Dig deep and make soil fine on surface. 



Keep pulling out the weeds all summer. 



Sprinkle the seeds every day. 



Water the bed thoroughly every few days during the whole summer. 



Pick your flowers every day. 



Keep your garden neat. 



Flowers require attention all summer. 



By attending to these things you will have flowers all summer and for the Flower Show in the fall. 



