THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



could be desired until the middle of July, 

 when the rich soil and abundant watering 

 (for even when in the drought water had 

 become the most precious of fluids, this bed 

 was kept wet) caused the snapdragons and 

 petunias to vie with each other in such ram- 

 pant growth that the calla lilies were almost 

 crowded out of existence, so that it would 

 seem better to plant the calla lilies in a mass 

 by themselves. 



Bon Arbor applied to petunias, heliotropes, 

 verbenas, asters, stocks and dahlias, produces 

 marvelous results; the blossoms are unusual 

 in size and brilliant in color and it seems as if 

 one could almost see the plants grow. 



Last year, the seeds of the twentieth Cen- 

 tury dahlias were sown in the hotbeds in 

 March. They germinated quickly and grew 

 so rapidly that they crowded against the 

 glass, which made it necessary to transplant 

 them to the garden quite early in May. 

 They were set in ordinary garden soil, not 

 very rich, and at once treated with applica- 



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