CHAPTER II 
Planning and Planting the 
Flower Beds 
God the first garden made.—Cowley. 
WHILE the snow is on the ground, you can be de- 
ciding on the best place for your garden, and find- 
ing out the kind of flowers and vegetables best 
suited to your soil and locality. 
Write to your Representative at Washington, re- 
questing the seeds he may have to give away. Write 
te two or three prominent seed firms for catalogues, 
and look over the garden books at your Public 
Library. Then if you do not quickly find yourself 
suffering from a violent attack of Garden Fever, 
you might as well give up, and not attempt to have 
a garden, for you will be lacking the real love and 
enthusiasm that count for success. 
Did you ever realize that gardens differ as much 
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