FLOWER GARDENING 



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well-kept yard adds greatly to the pleasure and attractive- 

 ness of a country home. If a beautiful yard and home 

 give joy to the mere passer-by, how much more must the 

 beauty of these appeal to the owners. The decoration of 

 the home shows ambition, pride, and energy, impor- 

 tant elements in a 

 successful life. 



Plant trees and 

 shrubs in your yard 

 and border your 

 masses of shrubbery 

 with flower beds. 

 Do not disfigure a 

 lawn by placing a 

 bed of flowers in it. 

 Use the flowers 

 rather to decorate 

 the shrubbery, and 

 for borders along 

 walks, and in the 

 corners near steps, 

 or against founda- 

 tions. 



If you wish to 

 raise flowers for the 

 sake of flowers, not 

 as decorations, make the flower beds in the back yard or 

 at the side of the house. 



Plants may be grown from seeds or from bulbs or from 

 cuttings. The rooting of cuttings is an interesting matter 

 to all who are fond of flowers. Those who have no 



FIG. 232. SHALL YOUR LITTLE ONES PLUCK 



FLOWERS OR RATTLE TIN CANS 



IN YOUR BACK YARD? 



