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How to Make a Flower Garden 



The common heliotrope 



A truss of hyacinth 



begonias and a little Priimtla obcojiica, so they went into a northeast 

 window, where they did wonderfully well. 



We planted the bulbs in October, and tried to follow the many directions 

 we had read of. "Keep them dark," and "Keep them cool," and "Keep 

 them wet," and " Keep them dry," and " Keep them in the cellar," and " Keep 

 them in the attic," and "Sink the pots in the garden," and " Bury them in 

 moss or sawdust in the cellar," etc.; but unforeseen demands on our 

 time made it necessary for them to take care of themselves. They had 



One of the primroses — Primula obconica 



A good cyclamen 



