GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
fairies) has been known also—according to Hol- 
land—as Thimbles, Fairy Cap, Fairy Fingers, 
Fairy Thimbles, Fairy Bells, Dog’s Fingers, Finger 
Flowers, Lady’s Glove, Lady Fingers, Lady’s Thim- 
ble, Pop Dock, Flap Dock, Flop Dock, Lion’s 
Mouth, Rabbit’s Flower, Cottages, Throatwort, and 
Scoteh Mercury, I concluded I would better urge 
you to remember its Latin name, DIGITALIS, by 
which the plant is known the world over. 
The botanical terms will easily stick in your 
mind, too, because they are unusual. Then people 
who are familiar with flowers will know exactly 
what you are talking about, and you yourself will 
always have a certain pride in the scientific knowl- 
edge that enables you to call things by their right 
name. 
You will see, if you study the lists given, what a 
simple matter it is to plan for a garden, big or lit- 
tle, and with reasonable care you will be rewarded 
with flowers throughout the season. The follow- 
ing list will give you more explicit information 
about the ones people like best :— 
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