CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



from a florist. To be satisfactory the plants 

 must be strong and vigorous in their growth 

 and the soil is liable to be exhausted. The plants 

 will be stimulated by an application of any com- 

 plete fertilizer in dry or liquid form. A one- 

 pound package, sufficient for twenty-five plants 

 of ordinary size for one year, costs twenty cents. 



A complete fertilizer is a highly concentrated 

 form of all the ingredients of plant-food essen- 

 tial to the highest development of plants and 

 flowers. It is soluble, readily assimilated and 

 stimulates to a luxuriant, healthy growth and to 

 an abundance of brilliant flowers. 



In the spring these boxes or trays are filled 

 with Pansies, Daisies — the small English Daisy 

 — and the varieties of bulbous flowers, such as 

 Tulips, Jonquils, Hyacinths, Daifodils, Snow- 

 drops. After these have given their best display 

 they are removed and the bulbs saved for an- 

 other season. With new ones added in the fall, 

 they will again answer for the boxes, or perhaps 

 for the yard. For the summer months these 

 boxes are filled with an almost endless variety 

 of summer-blooming plants. There are several 

 very fine varieties of ever-blooming Geraniums, 

 ranging from the purest white to the deepest red. 

 Begonias are also much used, especially Begonia 

 rubra and varieties of Semperflorens. Hibiscus 

 sinensis, a large brilliant red flower, is much 



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