FLOWER GARDENING 



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a frame. Cotton cloth should be stretched over the trees 

 while they are young to prevent the sun from scorching: 

 them. When a year old they may be set in nursery rows 

 to develop until they are large enough to plant. Arbor 

 vitse may also be grown from cuttings made of the young 

 tips set in boxes of sand in the fall and kept warm and 

 moist. Most of them will be rooted by spring. 



The kinds of flowers that you can grow are almost count- 

 less. You can hardly make a mistake, however, as all are 

 interesting. Start this year with a few and gradually increase 



FIG. 242. A WINDOW Box 



the number under your care year by year, aiming always to 



make your plants the most choice and perfect of their kind. 



Of annuals there are over four hundred kinds cultivated. 



You may select from the following list : phlox, petunias, 



