20 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



bone meal is depended upon, be supplied from the 

 compost heap or other source. "Wlen using bone 

 meal on beds of hardy perennials, lilies, shrubbery 

 and those plants •wihich, from the nature of their 

 growth are not disturbed annually, but remain for 

 several years where planted, two grades, or more, of 

 bone meal should be used ; a fine meal for immediate 

 result and a coarse ground bone for more permanent 

 effect. Even whole bones may be buried among shrub- 

 bery and small trees to advantage. 



One quart of bone meal to a square yard of ground 

 may be used on strong growing plants, a pint for 

 annuals, while it may be omitted entirely on such 

 plants as thrive best on rather poor soil. 



