The Annual Garden 



crowding, hence fewer insect pests and I always 

 plan to have the adjacent vegetables of as orna- 

 mental a character as possible ; a fine row of mossy 

 parsley on one side, feathery carrots on the op- 

 posite row gives a charming background of green. 

 Lettuce, beets, parsnips, any of the pleasantly 

 leaved greens are attractive companion rows and 

 although the rose is the aristocrat of the gar- 

 den, objecting decidedly to sharing her bed with 

 less royal plants I have never found that she ob- 

 jects to their presence when they keep to their 

 own allotted row. 



This long row through the garden is an ex- 

 cellent place to start seeds of hardy perennials 

 for transplanting into permanent beds the fol- 

 lowing year, but only for this preliminary growth, 

 for the annual plowing makes their permanent 

 tenancy impracticable, but bedding plants such as 

 dahlias, gladioh, tigridias and the like will be 

 at their best here and in their summer culture 

 have all the characteristics of annuals. 



For early blooming it is always worth while 

 to sow the seeds of annuals early in the spring in 



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