MAKING AND CARE 



well, grass and weeds must be kept from en- 

 croaching upon their domain. Among the 

 annuals one will have to do more or less hand- 

 weeding while they are small. This is rather 

 hard, unpleasant work, but it is work which 

 must be done if you would grow good flowers. 

 Most of this work has to be done during the 

 early part of the season, when the flowering 

 plants are getting a start. If it is done thor- 

 oughly then, there will not be much weeding 

 to be done after July. In the border the hoe 

 can be made to do what the hand has to do 

 among the annuals, thus greatly lightening the 

 labor. Keep the soil stirred well about all the 

 plants and fertilize it well. Good flowers can- 

 not be grown in a poor soil. The fertilizer 

 advised for use on the lawn is a good one for 

 general purposes. Worked into the soil of the 

 beds where annuals are grown, it produces a 

 strong, healthy growth of foliage and flowers. 

 ( Each spring it should be used liberally in the 

 ^border. Scatter a handful of it about each/ 

 plant, and then dig it into the soil well with hoe 

 or trowel. The shrubs should be treated to ai 

 /application of it also, in order to bring about a 

 \luxuriant development. While there are many 

 good fertilizers on the market, I know of noth- 



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