Vegetable Garden 149 



ANNUALS 



I — Alyssum maritimum, "Little Gem": mad-wort or sweet alys- 

 sum; four inches high; any soil; sheets of white flowers 

 throughout the summer, fragrant ; sow early where it is to 

 grow. 



2 — Ageratum, "Princess Pauline": floss flower; eight inches high; 

 any soil ; compact growth, bright blue flowers ; start indoors 

 and transplant or sow outside in May ; blossoms from early 

 summer on. 



An edging of turf eight to ten inches wide should always 

 inclose the walks unless they are entirely of turf, whether a flower 

 edging is used for the beds also or not. Back of this turf and 

 at an even distance from it set the edging plants or sow the 

 seed for them, in a carefully drawn furrow. Then draw an 

 exact line twelve inches back of this furrow or the line of the 

 plants, and bring the vegetables, in straight and carefully laid 

 out rows, just to this. If a taller plant is desired along the 

 walk it will be necessary to allow greater space for it on the 

 ground. A border of sweet Williams, for instance, will require 

 eighteen inches in width between turf edge and vegetable line ; 

 a border of day lilies will need twenty-four inches or more, 

 and so on. 



