little ones may bestow upon them. Liverwort, Hepatica, 

 and Lungwort, Pulmonaria, are other kind messengers of 

 spring. Forget-me-nots should be everywhere and those 

 varieties which require more watering should be handed over 

 to the busy hands about the toy-gardens. Likewise, Daisies 

 may be left to all the abuse the little gardeners will afflict. 

 Repeated handling seems to be appreciated by them, and it 

 will be the very plant which may be looked after every other 

 week to see whether it is making roots. 



Anemones in all their glory should furnish a great amount 

 of variation in our border. While the herbaceous kinds 

 flower late in summer, the bulbous varieties may readily be 

 handed over to the little hands and a liberal supply be par- 

 celed out to the toy-gardens. They are the very flowers 

 which will amply repay with bloom, and that of such a color- 

 ing as will swell the pride of the little nursery folks. 



The perennials furnish us a choice variety for summer- 

 flowering plants. All the Sunflowers and Black-eyed Susans 

 are stately and well endowed with bloom. Marguerites flower 

 all the year round. The colored Pyrethrums in their many 

 pleasing shades bring about variety and charm. The Michel- 

 mas Daisies conclude the display of their kinds in fall. 

 Some Dahlias, also, should be set out and the taking care 

 through winter of their bulbs in cooler climes places further 

 responsibility upon the little gardeners. The single blooms 

 are the most appropriate in our gardens. 



The herbaceous Spiraeas and their relatives are all a sweet 

 assembly and their graceful flowerstands are an attraction in 

 any place. Spiraea filipendula is the queen of their kind and 



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