THE JOYOUS ART OF GARDENING 



For Porch-Boxes and Window-Boxes— Lobbianum nasturtiums, 

 petunias, miniature marigolds, Lobelia erinus, candytufts, dwarf 

 chrysanthemums, Browallia. 



For spring-blooming window-boxes buy pansy plants already 

 grown if you haven't them started, and fill the boxes for a shady 

 side with these or forget-me-nots. With plenty of water they bloom 

 all summer. 



JUNE 

 Garden Work You Can Do in June 



June is a delightful month to any gardener. There is work to be 

 done a-plenty, but there is also the intense happiness of seeing fufil- 

 ment within reach— when larkspurs and hollyhocks begin to tower 

 above their fellows and poppies rush into their full perfection and 

 the roses queen it in the garden. It was Celia Thaxter who used 

 to be up at four of a June morning, at work in her garden, weeding 

 and transplanting in the soft, mellow earth of her flower-beds. But 

 not many gardeners have devotion enough to follow in her train. 



Now is the Time to Select rhododendrons and peonies and irises. 

 In these plants the colorings are so positive and so varied that by 

 far the best way of getting precisely what you want and being sure 

 of not getting what you don't want is to select your sorts when they 

 are in blossom and have them marked for later shipment. 



Plan a Rose-Garden. — Roses cannot be planted until October, but 

 now is the best of times for planning and selecting the sorts. The 

 order sent in now will keep quite as well on the books of a good rose- 

 grower as in your head. 



Thinning and Weeding must be thoroughly done. 



Staking. — ^If possible conceal the stake. The object of staking is 

 to support the plant, but its natural habit should not be interfered 

 with. Tie loosely; do not give a plant the appearance of a stout 

 lady with a tight waistband. The new bird-sticks are very interest- 

 ing as garden-stakes. 



Filling Up Gaps. — ^After narcissi, tulips, and daffodils have done 

 flowering, when the leaves begin to turn yellow (but not before) the 

 foliage can be cut off and the vacant spaces in the beds filled with seed- 

 lings from the seed-bed, or "reserve" garden, which every well-or- 

 dered garden maintains. Drummond's phlox, scabiosa, asters, and 

 the like are tucked in wherever there is room for them. 



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