AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



ing in winter. My object has been to grow only 

 such plants as would stand the cold of our winters 

 without artificial covering, and also such as would 

 produce the greatest amount of bloom with a 

 minimum of labor and care. The shortness of 

 the summers renders it necessary that early- 

 blooming annuals only be selected, for I have 

 never planted any seeds in the house, nor, indeed, 

 have I cared to grow any varieties which could 

 not be safely sown in the open ground in the 

 latter part of May, and all flowers which would 

 not bloom by the early part of September follow- 

 ing wei^e discarded as unsuited to our garden. It 

 must always be remembered that in other locali- 

 ties the results attained would in many cases be 

 quite different, and it is also possible that even 

 with the same sort of climate and soil another 

 might have marked success where I can only 

 register failure. 



In giving my lists of flowers I have divided 

 them into two main sections, — first. Perennials 

 and Biennials, and second. Annuals. In both 

 sections I have mentioned the species in the 

 order of their desirability from my point of view. 

 Possibly no other person would arrange these 

 lists in quite the same order, for individual tastes 



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