PLANTING LIST 



This list includes chiefly vegetables and flowers, mostly annuals 

 and perennials of simple culture. Plants which are difficult to 

 grow, or which, however easy of culture they may be, scarcely 

 repay the work, are not included. For roses, bulbs, vines, and 

 shrubs, see the chapters on those subjects. 



When not otherwise stated, the soil for any plant is average garden 

 loam. 



The sowing of flower seed is usually broadcast. The depth 

 of all sowing can be regulated by the size of the seed ; cover it three 

 or four times its own thickness. 



The distances here given are for small gardens, in which the 

 owners wish to grow as much as possible, and which are to be 

 carefully cultivated by hand. The distances are therefore as close 

 as plants should be allowed to stand ; greater ones will usually 

 give better results. 



"Under glass" means indoors or in the frames. 



All flowers should be fertilized with root-dressing (see the chapter 

 on Plant Chemistry), except that when young and struggling, or 

 when just transplanted, they may be fed once, lightly, with nitrate 

 of soda or liquid manure. 



Adam's Needle, see Yucca. 



Ageratum, or Floss Flower : A moderately hardy annual, valued for 

 its wealth of blue flowers, which are freely borne from July till late 

 fall, if the faded blooms are regularly cut. It is a neat and bushy 

 plant, coming in dwarf varieties (about 9 inches, used for edgings) 

 and taller ones (seldom more than 2 feet, used in masses). Sow 

 under glass in April, outdoors in May, and thin to 6 inches or a 

 foot, according to variety. Frame-grown plants may be set out in 



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