BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



you and your neighborhood more and more pleasure 

 each year. 



Hardy flowers need lots of humus, so be sure to 

 put some in the hole under the roots and a mulch of 

 humus on top around the stem. 



THE DUTCH BULBS LIVE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, SENDING UP THEIR BLOSSOMS 

 IN THE EARLY SPRING TO GLADDEN OUR HEARTS AND EYES. THESE 

 ARE THE JOLLY DAFFODILS. 



If you start a few hardy flowers this year, some 

 different ones next year, and so on, you will soon 

 have a wonderful collection that will give you un- 

 told happiness. 



We must not forget the Dutch bulbs in our hardy 

 garden though we do not plant them until late 



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