Rural School Leaflet 773 



A list of shrubs for garden borders: Almond (flowering), comus 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. 



A list of early vegetables that should be started inside in April, and 

 the plants set out as soon as the ground is fit: Brussels sprouts, cabbage, 

 cauliflower, celery, celeriac. 



A list of late vegetables, the seed of which should be started in April 

 and the plants set out after the tenth of May : Cucumber, eggplant, melon, 

 pepper, tomato. 



THINNING AND TRANSPLANTING 

 C. E. HUNN 



In order to have a good garden, each plant should have room for its 

 fullest development, and since mo.st of the seeds of garden flowers and 

 vegetables are small it is almost impossible to sow the seeds sparsely enough 

 so that each plant will grow to perfection. Since this is the case, the 

 plants must be " thinned," ai;d either thrown away or transplanted to 

 some other part of the garden. If the thinning is done in cool, cloudy 

 weather, the seedlings may be transplanted with great ease; but if it is 

 done in dry, sunny weather, the seedlings must be shaded after being 

 set out. It is best to thin the plants when they are small, before they 

 have become crowded, but if one wishes to save them for transplanting 

 they may be left until large enough to handle. The following statement 

 will be found helpful to young gardeners in thinning and transplanting: 



1. Flowering plants that should be four inches apart: Alyssum, ageratum, 

 balsam, candytuft, lobelia, pansy, poppy, portulaca. 



2. Flowering plants that should he six to eight inches apart: Amaranthus, 

 browallia, carnation, centurea, dianthus, eschscholtzia, gaillardia, mignon- 

 ette, myosotis, phlox D. 



3. Flowering plants that should he twelve inches apart: Aquilegia, aster, 

 campanula, calliopsis, colosia, helichrysum, heliotrope, larkspur, marigold, 

 nasturtium, " drop," nigella, petunia, salpiglossis, scabiosa, verbena, 

 zinnia, sweet william. 



4. Flowering plants that should he eighteen to twenty-four inches apart: 

 Canna, chrysanthemum (annual), cosmos, dahlia, delphinium, digitalis, 

 gypsophila, nicotiana, phlox (hardy), salvia, rudbeckia, schizanthus, 

 tritoma. 



5. Vegetables that should be six inches apart: Beet, celery, lettuce, 

 parsnip, parsley, spinach, salsify, turnip. 



