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FARM GARDEN 



FARM GARDEN 



ing abundance of bloom which may be picked with 

 the same freedom that tomatoes and strawberries 

 are picked. Or, the flower-garden may be made a 

 part of the landscape or pictorial setting of the 





Fig. 380. Cotnel cheny (Oomus Mas). An early blooming 

 small tree, the handsome little fruits of which are some- 

 times used in preserves. Example of an odd or interesting 

 plant that may be grown in a home garden. 



residence ; this relationship of it is discussed in 

 Chapter IX of Vol. I, particularly at pages 312, 

 317-18. 



Whether apart of the landscape features or of 

 the separate garden area, the flowers should be 

 of the kinds that require least special care and are 

 surest to afford abundant bloom under indifferent 

 or even adverse conditions. The main part of the 

 flower-garden should be permanent, comprising 

 perennial plants. Such plants come up of them- 

 selves year after year. Many of the perennials, as 

 the phloxes, need to be divided or renewed (page 10) 

 now and then, but this entails less labor than the 

 growing of most annuals. Some of the perennials 

 that are easily grown and that will unite to extend 

 their bloom from early spring to late fall are as 

 follows : Snowdrop and snowflake, crocus, tulip, 

 hyacinth, narcissus, polyanthus, English daisy, 

 pinks, forget-me-not, peony, bleeding heart, lychnis, 

 columbine, iris, larkspur, poppies, lilies, yucca, gas 

 plant or dictamnus, hollyhock, phlox (improved 

 kinds), certain kinds of sunflowers. Golden Glow 

 rudbeckia, perennial pea, outdoor chrysanthemums, 

 goldenrods, asters, Japanese anemone. 



Some of the most easily grown and satisfactory 

 annuals for the general flower-garden are : China 

 aster, marigold, cornflower or bachelor's button, 

 petunia, verbena, sweet alyssum. Phlox Drummondii, 

 cosmos (for late bloom), annual chrysanthemum, 

 zinnia, stock, pansy (for a moist or semi-shady 

 piace), nasturtium, sweet sultan, nicotiana (two or 

 three kinds), annual poppies (bloom of short dura- 

 tion), balsam, portulaca or rose moss (for sunny 

 places), sweet pea, morning-glory, hyacinth bean. 



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Certain shrubs may be grown primarily for their 

 flowers as well as for their shrub effect, as : Lilac, 

 syringa or mock-orange, crape myrtle (at the 

 South), deutzias, hydrangea, snowball, spireas, blue 

 spirea or caryopteris, weigela, rose of sharon or 

 hibiscus, kerria or Japan rose, and various wild 

 bushes of most neighborhoods. 



The Farm Fruit- and Vegetable-Gardens. 



By S. T. Maynard. 



The farmer's garden is proverbially the least 

 productive area on the farm, whereas it should be 

 the most productive and profitable, and should 

 afford an abundance of the most wholesome lux- 

 uries of country living, fruits, vegetables and 

 flowers, in a condition in which they cannot be 

 found on the market. The farm affords a variety 

 of soils from which may be selected that which 

 is adapted for the best growth of garden prod- 

 ucts. It provides all of the tools needed for 

 the most thorough cultivation. It can supply an 



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abundance of plant-food, and the farmer or some 



of his family is on the place all the time and 



can look after the garden. The garden should 



afford recreation for the women and children of 



the family, and a means, if they choose, of earning 



a little "pin money" by the sale of surplus products. 



The home garden is also a place in which various 



interesting fruits and other plaiits may be grown, 



largely for curiosity (Pig. 380). It is a place for 



odds and ends of things mentioned in books and 



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