GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
that the owner knows how to plant for succession 
of bloom. The ground is laid out this way. 
‘NoaTh 
w FLOWERS. 
(REAR 
oF x . 
HOUSE 2 2 
3 Geass 5 
WALK Lor é 
STRIP OF wiLo 
GARDEN SHADED 
BY NEAT HOUSE FLOWERS 
PLAN FOR A SMALL BACK YARD 
If you can have only a single flower bed, however, 
try to get it in a sunny, protected spot, preferably 
facing south, where the cold winds of early spring 
and late fall will do the least damage. Make a list 
of the flowers that like such conditions,—and most 
of them do,—and then pick out those you prefer, 
writing after each name the time that it blooms. 
Be sure to select some of each of the early spring, 
late spring, summer, early fall, and late fall, so that 
you will have flowers to enjoy the whole season 
through. 
SUCCESSION OF BLOOM 
For example, you can choose first from the ero- 
cus, snowdrop, scilla, the hardy candytuft that 
rivals the snow for whiteness, and the tiny creep- 
12 
