76 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
BALSAMS 
Balsams are quick, sure growers, and seeds sown in 
the open ground in May soon produce handsome, bushy 
plants thickly massed with large, roselike flowers. The 
blossoms grow on the underside of the leaves and show 
to best advantage when grown on a terrace or at the 
edge of groups of other annuals. The plants grow to a 
height of about two feet. 
Sowing. In March sow the seeds in boxes and trans- 
plant two or three times in order to make strong plants. 
Give them plenty of light and water. Stocky, symmet- 
rical plants produce the best flowers. 
When transplanting to the open, set the balsams from 
twelve to fifteen inches apart each way. 
CANDYTUFT 
Candytuft is one of the best white flowers for edging 
beds, for massing, for rockeries, and for cutting. 
The soil should be rich and the plants must have an 
abundance of water. They branch freely, and if some 
of them are removed, the size of the flowers will be 
increased. 
Sow the seeds out of doors in April, where the plants 
are to bloom, and thin them when an inch high. Sow 
in July for fall flowering. 
