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THE QUESTIONNAIRE 



Subscribers on- nr.itcd to irate free «se 

 of this deparimeiU to solve prublcins that 

 max arise in their garden work. Questions 

 on 'the ordinarv pursuits of gardeiuiig. that 

 can be readily answered by applying to the 

 usual reference books shonld not be re- 

 ferred to the Questionnaire. 



Is it advisable to use manure every 

 year in beds planted to Geraniums, and 

 can too much be given?— A. L., Conn. 



Cerlainlv one can give tuo much manure 

 to the Geranium, and especially highly ni- 

 trogenous manure from horse stables. !•- 

 has been our experience that Geraniums do 

 best and flower more freely in soil that is 

 not manured too frequently. Every secona 

 or third year is enough to apply manure 

 to the soil, and then it ought to be thor- 

 oughly decayed. Only a few weeks ago we 

 saw a bed of red Geraniums standing near- 

 ly three feet high and scarcely any bloom 

 on them. From inquiries we made we dis- 

 covered that the plants had been supplied 

 once a week with an abundance of sheep 

 manure, which resulted in luxuriant growth, 

 really beautiful leaves, but no flowers to 

 speak of. — H. G. 



I have a border, four feet wide, on one 

 side oi my lawn, running from the house 

 to the sidewalk on the highway. I want 

 to plant it to perennials, so as to have 

 some blooms from early spring to late 

 fall I want blue and white flowers 

 chiefly, but would not mind a few other 

 colors.— S. M., N. J. 



Your correspondent does not state 

 whether or not the border is in close prox- 

 imity to trees, and is heavily shaded, or has 

 an open, sunnv position, .\ssuming, how- 

 ever that there is little shade, we would 

 suggest that the first thing to do in an en- 

 deavor to have a border that will bloom 

 from frost to frost, is thoroughly prepare 

 the soil by incorporating plenty of well de- 

 caved barnvard manure into it, and break- 

 ing up the' soil to a depth of at least two 

 feet. , . , 



Taking a selection which would, we think, 

 cover a long season of bloom, we will take 

 the tallest varieties first for the back of the 

 border. . 



Delphinium, Var. Belladonna. 4 to o teet 

 high, will flower during June and July, al-_ 

 ternating clumps of these with clumps ot 

 Salvia Azure Grandiilora. blue, height 3 to 

 4 feet, flowering .\ugust and September. .A. 

 few clumps of Aconitum Fishcrii may be 

 added to carrv the blue into October. In 

 front of these may be planted, without tak- 

 ing up much extra space. L. Candiduin and 

 L. Auratum. white; these, together with 

 Phlox Miss Lingard, Phlo.v Paniculala, Var. 

 Perfection, and F. G. Von Lassburg w'ill 

 give a display of white from June until Sep- 

 tember. The flow^ering taking place in the 

 following order: Phlox Miss Lingard. 

 Tunc and July; Lilium Candiduin. July; L. 

 "4Mra/!n)i, July and August; Phlox Perfec- 

 tion, Tune "and July; F. G. Von Lassburg, 

 Julv, ".August and September. By cutting 

 ofif the fading flowers of the phloxes they 

 can be induced to flower a second time, thus 

 prolonging their season. 



Anemone .laponiea alha. and Whirlwind 

 together with Chrysanthemum Queen of 

 Whites wmII carry the white well through 

 October to frost. 



IJdging the border you may have Ajuga 

 Rel>eii.<:. which grow'S three inches high, 

 and produces purplish blue flowers in .April, 

 Then behind this, and in front of the taller 

 plants enumerated, one may have aloniT the 

 front of the border, groups of Iris cristata. 



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