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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1907 



A. G. C, Fletcher, Architect, New York 



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glories and four-o'clocks in the garden, as 

 they do not stand transplanting. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR WINDOW BOXES 



Make the box six or eight inches deep, 

 twelve to fifteen inches wide, and as long as 

 the window is wide. Fill the boxes with fine, 

 rich soil and fasten firmly to the sunniest win- 

 dow. Place similar boxes on the porch or 

 fence. Plant morning glories on the side 

 nearest the house and train up on strings. 

 Plant climbing nasturtiums near outside, to 

 hang down over the box. Plant coreopsis, 

 zinnias, marigolds, asters or verbenas in mid- 

 dle of box. Plants should stand four or five 

 inches apart. Boxes need water every day. 



MAKING OF FLOWER BEDS 



Select sunniest part of the yard. Avoid a 

 place where the dripping from the roof will 

 fall on the bed. Best effects are produced 

 by planting all of one variety in one place. 



PREPARATION OF THE SOIL 



Dig up the bed as early as possible, a foot 

 deep. Mix with the soil some rich earth, 

 well-rotted manure, or leaf mold from the 

 woods. Rake the beds and keep the soil fine 

 and free from lumps. 



WATERING OF THE GARDEN 



Sprinkle the beds every day, if necessary, 

 until the plants are one inch high. Do not 

 allow the soil to become dry. Sprinkle thor- 

 oughly every few days, when the plants are 

 two or three inches high, instead of lightly 

 every day. Water in the morning and evening. 



THINNING OF PLANTS IN THE GARDEN 



Avoid having plants too crowded. Thin 

 the plants when they are two or three inches 

 high, on a cloudy day, when the soil is moist. 

 Transplant seedlings pulled up to another 

 bed, or give them to some friend. Take up 

 a little soil with each plant. Use a trowel, 

 an old kitchen fork, or small, flat, thin stick. 



PICKING OF FLOWERS 



Do not allow flowers to go to seed. Pick 

 them every day and more will bloom. Allow 

 a few of the best flowers to go to seed for next 

 year's garden. Keep beautiful, fresh flowers 

 in your house and share them with the sick. 



THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Select a sunny place in the back yard. Dig 

 up the bed and thoroughly enrich the soil. 

 Crisp, tender vegetables must be grown 

 quickly. Keep the ground well stirred and 

 free from weeds. Plant lettuce, onions and 

 beets as soon as the ground can be worked. 

 Allow space for a succession of planting dur- 

 ing the summer. 



THINGS TO REMEMBER 



Dig deep and make soil fine on the surface. 

 Keep pulling out the weeds all summer. 

 Sprinkle the seeds every day. Water the bed 

 thoroughly every few days during the whole 

 summer. Pick your flowers every day. Keep 

 your garden neat. Flowers require attention 

 all summer. By attending to these things 

 you will have flowers all summer and for the 

 flower show in the fall." 



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