PLANNING THE GARDEN 



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In the planting list will be found more than I can here 

 say about the different flowers, but I wish to speak briefly 



about those which are 

 in a beginner's flower gar- 



For borders or edgings, 

 alyssum, candytuft, 

 dwarf nasturtiums, 

 blooming, once 

 ting off every faded 

 flowar. Sow 

 them where they 

 are to stand. 



To grow 

 in clumps 



easiest and best to grow 



den. 



the best annuals are sweet 



Drummond phlox, and the 



All of these can be kept 



they have begun, by cut- 



FIG. 91. A border along a fence. The taller 

 plants are behind. 



are .the following, given in order according to their heights. 

 They all transplant easily, except the poppy. Six inches : 

 pansies ; will make a solid bed of color. One foot : calen- 

 dula, pink, mignonette, dimorpotheca. Eighteen inches : 

 petunia, snapdragon, stock, zinnia. Two feet : calliopsis 



