GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
nual and perennial larkspur, and cornflowers,— 
kept the dining-table supplied with blossoms to 
match the old blue china until the frost came. 
Frost, by the way, you will find of two kinds,— 
hoar frost, which the Psalmist so vividly described 
when he said, ‘‘He scattereth the hoarfrost like 
ashes,’’ and which injures only the tenderest flow- 
ers; and black frost, which is of intense enough 
cold to freeze the sap within the plant cells, so that 
when the sun’s heat melts this frozen sap the plant 
—leaf and stalk—wilts down and turns black. 
Therefore, both in the early spring and the late 
fall, you must watch out for Jack, whichever garb 
he dons, and give your tender plants some nighty 
covering. 
A LITTLE BED FOR A LITTLE GIRL 
If you can have only one small bed, however, 
you can get a lot of pleasure out of it most of the 
season if you will carefully choose your plants. 
Pansies set along the outer edge will blossom until 
mid-summer if you keep them picked and watered 
every day; and verbenas, which have the same har- 
monizing shades, you can count on blooming until 
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