GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
ing phlox that will carpet your bed with pink; 
next, from the daffodil, narcissus and jonquil 
groups, with the tulips,—all of which must be set 
out in the fall for bloom in April and May: then 
the iris in May and June. Sweet alyssum, nastur- 
tiums, corn flowers, Shirley poppies and cosmos 
(all annuals), you can count on blooming around 
New York from July to black frost; dahlias from 
August to black frost, and monthly roses the entire 
summer,—with a tidal wave in June. (I know, for 
I have seen them all, over and over again.) 
Many of the annuals can be started indoors, or 
in a glass-covered box outside. Then when the 
early flowering bulbs have faded, you can turn 
their green tops under the ground, first to allow 
the sap to run back into the bulb (the storehouse 
for next year), and next to decay and fertilize the 
soil, The annual seedlings can then be placed right 
on top! You thus avoid bare, ugly spots, and keep 
your garden lovely. 
Dahlias planted out about the first of June will 
bloom from early fall until cold weather sets in; 
and certain roses, like the Mrs. John Laing and all 
of the hybrid teas, will flower nearly as late. In. 
fact, in the famous rose garden of Jackson Park, 
Chicago, as well as in private grounds around New 
York, I have seen roses blooming in December. 
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