MAKING AND CARE 



the living-room. There the conditions are all 

 against a healthy and vigorous growth of seed- 

 ling plants. Instead of gaining by early sow- 

 ing we are pretty sure to lose by it, as house- 

 grown plants are almost always so lacking in 

 vitality that they suffer by transplanting to the 

 open ground. Plants from seed sown at that 

 time will generally come into bloom before the 

 early-started plants become strong and well 

 established. 



In addition to the annuals named above I 

 would advise the liberal use of Pansies, which 

 can be grown from seed for late flowering, or 

 from plants bought from the florist for spring 

 blooming, also of Tea Roses, which seldom out- 

 grow the limits of the annual-plant bed. By 

 the judicious cutting-back of such branches as 

 have borne flowers from time to time during 

 the season, in order to encourage new growth, 

 they can be made to bloom throughout the 

 entire summer and late into the fall. No 

 flower is more beautiful or more fragrant than 

 those of this class of Roses. 



I would plant hardy perennials along the 

 sides of the home lot. Here they will hide the 

 fence, should there be one, and afford a back- 

 ground against which the beauty of the lawn 



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