A WOMAN'S HARDY GARDEN 



coast, at the end of February and early in 

 JNIarch, — Lilies-of-the-'S^alley in INIarch. JMany 

 Hoses live out of doors that would perish 

 here during our winters. Gardening opera- 

 tions are begun there much earlier than in this 

 part, at least, of the United States, and many 

 of the methods for culture differ from those 

 employed here. In England there is excess 

 of moisture; therefore, care in securing good 

 drainage is essential, while here, except in 

 low places near streams, special provision for 

 drainage is rarely necessary. It is more im- 

 portant to have a deep, rich preparation of 

 the soil, so that plants may not be dried out. 

 A serious part of the gardener's work during 

 the average summer consists in judicious 

 watering of the garden. 



One writer will say that this or that plant 

 should have sun, another that it does best 

 in the shade. One advocates a rich soil, an- 

 other a light sandy soil; so that after all, in 

 gardening, as in all else in life, experience is 

 the best teacher, either your own or that of 



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