GARDENING BY MYSELF. yj 



want a tropical bed on the lawn, filled only 

 with cannas and such like) ; and so do dah- 

 lias, and chrysanthemums, and tuberoses. 

 You get more good from the one alone, can 

 study and take it in better, than you can 

 with a group of three or six. But try ex- 

 periments with a part of your flowers — ex- 

 periments in grouping and bedding ; prov- 

 ing their capabilities, and what suits 3^our 

 soil and climate, and above all what suits 

 you ; and then keep a record of your expe- 

 rience. 



In warm quiet days, as the month goes 

 on and frosts disappear, plant out the tender 

 seedlings from your boxes ; and turn out 

 potted plants into the border. Verbenas 

 may be risked among the first, and scarlet 

 geraniums I have always found to be of a 

 much-enduring disposition ; and many ten- 

 der things may go to the open air quite 

 early in May, if you are careful to cover 

 them shghtly when the evening threatens 

 frost. Bell glasses are seldom seen in our 

 Fairyland. But a flower pot will do good 

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