GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
them well watered in order to get the best results. 
The latest method I have had recommended for 
growing sweet peas,—but which I have not tried,— 
is to have the soil just as carefully prepared, but 
then to rake it smooth, make a straight drill only 
half an inch deep, and plant 3 seeds every 6 inches 
in the row. If all three grow, pull up the two weak- 
est, leaving only the best plant every 16 inches 
apart. This way,—with plenty of water and cul- 
tivation, is said to produce the very finest kind of 
flowers. You might try a few on the side. 
During the hot weather put grass clippings 
around the roots to help keep them moist and pro- 
tected from the hot sun. Cut the flowers every day 
in order to prolong their blooming. 
A word about names, though, before we go a 
step farther. I intended at first to give you only 
the common names, despite the protests of a very 
good friend,—an English botanist. To clinch her 
argument one day, she exclaimed with considerable 
heat, ‘‘Why, what they call ‘baby’s breath’ here 
on Long Island might be ‘infant’s sneeze’ up in 
Connecticut! But if you tell the children it’s real 
name is GYPSOPHILA, they'll never be mis- 
taken.’’ 
And later, when I found that foxglove (orig- 
inally Folk’s glove, alluding to the ‘‘little folk,”’ or 
