FLOWERS IN SEASON 



buy from florists In the spring, or that you may 

 raise from cuttings, seed and roots. If you have 

 a greenhouse or a cold frame, and such plants 

 will bloom once and be seen no more. The com- 

 promise is to give a part of your garden to the 

 sure and sturdy things, and reserve places for 

 annuals and opportunities and experiments. My 

 own election would be for perennials. If I were 

 bound to a choice, but one enlarges his knowl- 

 edge and deepens his Interest If he tries the effect 

 of new soils and new conditions on plants with 

 which he is unfamiliar. The common wild flow- 

 ers are always inviting for this purpose, and are 

 never more delightful than when we find them 

 In the strange and seemingly uncongenial sur- 

 rounding of a city yard. 



If you resolve on the hardy garden, choose 

 those plants that really are hardy and will not 

 die in a sharp winter. A backing of bushes near 

 the fence is desirable, any way, if you have room 

 for them. If you have annuals, assign them to a 

 separate space, where the spading and planting 

 will not imperil the roots of the perennials al- 

 ready in the ground. Study the cultural direc- 

 tions given on the seed-packets, but remember 

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