9^o Rural School Leaflet. 



Variety Time of Sowing Depth of Sowing Soil Best 



Lobelia April or early May ^ inch Light Loam 



Marigold " " i " « 



Mignonette " " J " « 



Nasturtium " " 2 " « 



Nicotiana " " ^ " « 



Nigella " « i « « 



Petunia " " ^ " « 



Phlox D " « 1 " 



Poppy, California " " \ " 



Poppy, Shirley . - " " J " 



Portulaca " " J " 



Pyrethrum " " i " 



Salpiglossis " " I " 



Scabiosa " " ^ " , 



Sweet Pea " " 4 " 



Verbena " '' i " 



Zinnia " " 1 " « 



A list of popular perennials. Plants to be grown the previous summer. 



Variety Time of Planting Depth of Planting Soil Best 



Abutilon May 3 inches Any well-en- 



Aquilegia (Columbine) April 3 " r i c h e d, well- 



Belhs perennis " 2 " drained soil. 



Campanula " 3 " Light loam pref- 



Canna May 4 " erable. 



Delphinium April 3 " 



Digitalis " 4 " 



Gaillardia (hardy) May 3 " 



Hollyhock April 4 " 



Poppy (hardy) " 3 " 



Rudbeckia May 4 " 



Sunflower (hardy) " 3 " 



Sweet William " 3 " 



All hardy pinks " 3 " 



A Hst of shrubs for garden borders : Almond (flowering) , cornus in 

 variety, elder, forsythia, hydrangea, honeysuckle (bush), Japan quince, 

 kerria, lilac in variety, mahonia, privet, roses in variety, snowball in 

 variety, spirea in variety, sumac, weigelia, witch hazel, evergreens, dwarf 

 thuja, retinispora, junipers, Norway spruce, dwarf pine. 



