Growing Flowers 65 



Gaillardia 



Gaillardia may be propagated from seed grown 

 in the open ground or by sowing the seed in a hotbed 

 and transplanting the seedlings to the ground as 

 soon as danger of frost has passed. The plants 

 should stand about twelve inches apart. 



Gaillardias require a fertile but light and well 

 drained soil. 



Where gaillardias are growing in the garden, 

 try making cuttings from them for plants for winter 

 flowering, or keeping the plants over to set out next 

 spring. In the hothouse, cuttings can be made 

 from these plants early in the spring, giving an 

 additional stock of plants for bedding out. 



Gaillardias have a profusion of flowers for a very 

 long period and are well adapted for mixed borders. 

 They keep fresh a long time when cut if the water 

 is changed every other day. 



Gardenias 



Gardenias are not difficult to grow, regardless of 

 the high prices asked by the florists. They require 

 only moderately rich soil, an abundance of moisture, 



