IN MY LADY'S GARDEN 



is a very effective variety, and can be had in blue, white, 

 or pink ; Myosotis azorica is in deeper blue, and M. 

 dissitiflora is the earliest of all to open its buds. We 

 sow forget-me-nots yearly, so as to have turquoise edgings 

 for the borders in spring as well as plenty of plants for the 

 window-boxes, some of which are filled with daffodils, and 

 others with tulips and hyacinths, raised from the garden just 

 as they open their buds, so that there is plenty of scope for 

 variety of effect. All these flowers are only in the boxes 

 for a month or two, for the summer-flowering plants can be 

 put in about the middle of May. 



The small shrubs in pots, which were placed in the boxes 

 in October, are now in full bloom, plants of Choisya 

 ternata, with plenty of double pink tulips (Albano murillo 

 or Salvator rosa) between them, being most effective. 

 Another box displays the crimson-splashed foliage and prim- 

 rose-yellow blossoms of Mahonia (berberis) aquifolia, with 

 masses of early daffodils and an edging of forget-me-not. 



// faut souffrir four Gtre belle. This is the sad plaint 

 which seems to arise from the tennis-lawn at this season, 

 scarred as it is with patches of brown, where the daisies 

 are dying. It seems rather cruel to destroy these little 

 friends of our youth, now that daisy chains no longer 

 charm ; but the existence of a daisy in such a position, 

 where its heads are cut off regularly twice a week by the 

 mowing machine, can scarcely be worth living. February 

 and March are the best months for weeding a lawn, and 

 the work may be done by strewing lawn sand or waste 

 salt on the daisies, in the proportion of 2 ounces to the 

 square yard, though the dandelions and the larger plantains 

 will need to be pulled up, or cut off as low as possible 

 with a sharp old knife, placing a small lump of salt or 

 lawn sand in the hole thus made, and filling it up with 

 fine rich soil. The dressing thus given (for both lawn 

 sand and salt are powerful chemical manures) will have 

 the effect of strengthening the roots of the grass, which 

 will soon again be verdant ; but if the weeds have been 

 many, it is desirable to sprinkle the scarred places now 



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