CHAPTER XXII 

 ANNUAL FLOWERS 



Do not sow your flower seeds until the earth feels 

 a little warm; in the north, when the leaves on the 

 trees are well out. Let's plan a flower garden 12 

 feet long and 4 feet wide and we can of course 

 reach it from both sides; so we will have one row 

 through the middle (running the long way) for 

 tall flowers; one row each side of it for medium 

 flowers ; and a border of small flowers on each edge. 

 We will divide the middle row into three parts so 

 we can have three varieties of tall beauties. Let us 

 plant the middle row with Nicotiana; toward one 

 end, Centaurea ; toward the other, Larkspur. That 

 will give us white flowers in the middle, with pink 

 and blue on each side. For our mediums let us 

 have Dianthus on one side and next to it Marigolds, 

 while opposite them we will choose Balsam and 

 Nigella. For one border let's choose Verbenas and 

 the other Phlox Drummondi. 



Lay your hoe or rake handle on the bed in the 

 middle running the long way with the tool end 



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