76 Growing Flowers 



Hollyhocks will not bloom the same season the 

 seeds are planted. It takes a second season to 

 mature the plants for blossoming. 



1 Honesty 



Honesty, or lunaria, was a great favorite in old- 

 fashioned gardens a generation ago, and owing to 

 the ease with which it can be cultivated should 

 have a place in every list of old-fashioned flowers. 

 It will grow in sunlight or shade, in rich soil or 

 poor, and comes up each year from self-sown seed. 



Honesty pods are very pretty when dried and taken 

 indoors for winter decoration. There are several 

 varieties and all are attractive. 



Hyacinths 



Hyacinths require rich, moist soil, and the soil 

 should be moist all the time, though not sodden. 



Hyacinths, narcissi, tulips, and crocuses should 

 be planted in masses when planted out of doors. 

 Only in this way can the best effect be obtained, 

 though to dot a few bulbs here and there on the 

 lawn will be a pleasing little surprise in the spring- 

 time as they come up one by one before the grass 

 is cut. 



