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home and school grounds is well understood by most persons. 

 Young 'people should early learn the cultural methods and 

 best uses of flowers (Fig. 85). Those varieties should be 

 chosen for use which will produce a show of blossoms at seasons 

 when most desired. If the school grounds are cared for dur- 

 ing summer vacation, flowers may be kept growing throughout 

 the season and varieties for fall blossoming will be valuable. 



Fig. 85. — First prize front yard and the girl who beautified it. The green- 

 sward is left clean and the plantings are massed as borders. (Photo from Children's 

 Flower Mission, Cleveland.) ' 



Annual flowers are those which give thei;- show of 

 blossoms the same year in which the seeds are sown. They 

 usually die after the blooming season is over. The seeds in 

 most cases are sown in the garden, but a few of them may 

 be planted in window boxes, and later transplanted to the 

 garden. This will make them blossom much earlier. A few 

 of the hardy annuals may be sown in the autumn and trans- 

 planted to boxes and then stored in coldframes through the 

 winter. By this plan blossoms can be obtained next spring 

 perhaps before school is closed. In the warmer parts of the 



