THE GARDEN PRIMER 



well as all that it is necessary for him in the beginning 

 to know about fertilizing. Therefore, what to plant 

 becomes a matter of moment, as also a hint that such 

 flowers as Candytuft Love-in-a-mist, Lupine, Mig- 

 nonette, Nasturtium and Poppy will not bear trans- 

 planting. 



As the garden beginner has learned, Perennials 

 seldom blossom until the second season after planting 

 from seed, and so the annuals are the plants to which 

 the amateur gardener turns when in need of flower 

 effects for the first year of his experimenting. How- 

 ever, lateness in season need not deter one from having 

 a garden even if it is long past seeding time. Grown 

 plants may be obtained from the florist, and after these 

 plants have found themselves at home in your garden 

 they will increase, with care, year after year, until you 

 in turn will be able to exchange with your gardening 

 neighbors. Thus one may have all sorts of beautiful 

 flowers in his first year's garden. 



The accompanying table is designed to guide the 

 beginner at flower gardening to the standard annuals 

 and perennials everyone may grow almost anywhere. 

 It indicates time of sowing, blossoming, etc., which 

 information everyone planting a flower garden will find 

 most useful to have for reference. For all general 

 purposes the plants in this table have been divided into 

 perennials, annuals, and biennials, indicated by the 

 letters P, B, A. Many of the perennials may be treated 

 as annuals, certain annuals as biennials and certain 

 biennials as annuals. Therefore, some of the species in 



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