PLANTING CHARTS 



The following charts do not contain quite all the 

 plants that may be included in plantings for con- 

 tinuous bloom. It is a question of preference where 

 some are concerned. Large gardens could have a few 

 other varieties, some of which are named and marked 

 with a star in the chapters on "What to Plant." 



The names on charts printed in black ink are per- 

 ennials; red ink indicates the annuals. 



The author's earliest experiments were made in her 

 own garden, and later experiences in the larger gar- 

 dens of friends furnished ample opportunity for de- 

 veloping satisfactorily an accumulation of ideas and 

 aspirations. The charts are facsimiles of successful 

 plantings. 



In attempting to follow the plans, successful results 

 will be at last attained only when the gardener has 

 learned the knack of crowding without detriment to 

 the plants. Any one familiar with his flowers will 

 know when to allow a 6-inch space to a slim annual, 

 and 18 inches to a bushy perennial, and when to fill 

 a space with one or with more of a kind. Staking 

 the plants likely to lean over and the trimming of the 

 spreading lower leaves that are shading a neighbor 

 are absolutely necessary for success in such beds. 



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