The Hardy Garden 



where they will receive regular and constant at- 

 tention throughout the growing season. In a 

 garden of say fifty feet in width, several varieties 

 of flowers may be grown in short lengths of ten 

 feet or more. They should be covered somewhat 

 more deeply than when sown in the hotbed or 

 cold frame and the ground firmed well above 

 them, especially if the weather is dry at the time 

 of planting; when the seedlings appear they 

 will probably need thinning in order that they 

 may not grow spindling, but will not need the 

 room they will require when in permanent quar- 

 ters. Many kinds of hardy perennials will give 

 some bloom the first year, though, of course, they 

 will not be at their best, but they will be suffi- 

 ciently pronounced to make it possible to select 

 those most desirable for cultivation. Delphini- 

 ums, for instance, will give small spikes of bloom, 

 probably a foot high, the first season and if the 

 Gold Medal Hybrids have been planted some 

 very lovely blooms will result. In the fall the 

 plants may be lifted and set in permanent posi- 

 tions, or they may be left in the ground until 



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