Planting-Table for Flowers— By Leonard Barron 



FOR the purpose of reckoning dates, New 

 York City is generally taken as a stan- 

 dard. Allow six days' difference for every 

 hundred miles of latitude. 



DATES FOR PLANTING 



January 15th. — Sow indoors tender annuals 

 and biennials which are to be treated as 

 annuals. 



February 15th. — Successional sowing of bien- 

 nials and annuals indoors. 



March 1st. — Sow all kinds indoors. 



March 15th. — Sow sweet peas outdoors. 



April 1 st. — If ground is free from frost, sow 

 hardy annuals in the garden. 



April 15th. — Sow all hardy seeds outdoors. 



May 1st. — Sow more seed of hardy annuals 



in the garden. Risk first tender annuals. 

 May 15th. — Sow all tender annuals outdoors. 



Plant out from indoors and complete the 



garden. 

 June 1 st. — Plant out bedding stock, cannas, 



and other subtropical plants. 

 September 15th. — Sow sweat peas and other 



hardy annuals outdoors. 



How to Make a Flower Bed. — Dig the soil 

 a foot deep at least. Use plenty of well- 

 rotted manure. If the soil is very wet, dig 

 out two feet deep and put in a layer of stones, 

 clinkers or broken crockery. Annuals want 

 all the sun they can get. 



How to Get Early Flowers. — You may 



gain a month by starting flowers indoors in 

 boxes. The March number of The Garden 

 Magazine has a lot of pictures that show 

 just how to do it. 



Small Seeds. — Rake the surface perfectly 

 smooth. Use the back of the rake. Sow 

 the seed; don't cover it, tread it in, or press 

 it with a board. 



How to Water Plants. — Soak them thor- 

 oughly. Don't dribble. Water at night. 

 Next morning rake the ground. Don't let a 

 crust form. 



Tender Annuals. — These will not endure 

 early frost in spring; balsam, castor oil, 

 gourds, morning glory, nasturtium, petunia, 

 cosmos, portulaca. 



NAME OF 



WHEN TO sow 



DEPTH 



TO 

 PLANT 



(inches) 



HOW FAR 

 APART 



when 



thinned or 



transplanted 



(inches) 



WHEN they 

 FLOWER 



NUMBER 



OF 

 WEEKS 



IN 

 BLOOM 



COLOR 

 OF FLOWERS 



HEIGHT 



(feet) 



OTHER POINTS 



FLOWER 



Indoors 



Outdoors 



Early Crop 



Main Crop 



Hints on Soil, Watering, Transplanting, etc. 



Alyssum, sweet 



Mar. 



Apr. 

 Sept. 



l 



6 



July 



Aug. 

 to Sept. 



20 



white 



1 



Sept. sown will bloom May. Keep flow- 

 ers cut and they bloom six months. 



Aster, China 



Feb. 

 Apr. 



May 



1 



18 



July 

 to Aug. 



Sept. 

 to Oct. 



6 



blue, red, 

 white 



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Don't overfeed or plants will get disease. 

 Try wood ashes to control disease. 



Balsam 



Mar. 



May 



\ 



12 



May 



July 



8 



red, white, 

 pink 



2 



For largest flowers cut off side shoots 

 and grow to single stem. Likes water. 



Calendda, Mar. 

 Pot Marijold Apr. 



Apr. 



1 



8 



June 



July 

 to Oct. 



12 



orange-yellow 



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Impossible to fail. Self sows. Flower 

 heads used in soups. Can sow Sept- 



Carnation j Feb. 

 (Margaret) 



Apr. 



1 



4 



6 



July 



Sept. 



2 



pink, red, 

 white, var. 



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Florists' carnations, survive one winter. 

 Margarets best for garden. 



Candytuft 





Apr. 

 July 



I 



6 





June 

 to Sept. 



4 



red, white 



1 



Excellent for limestone soils. Don't 

 transplant. Best low annual for rocks. 



Castor oil 



Mar. 

 May 



June 



2 



36 x 72 









insignificant 



2 to 8 



Grown for tropical foliage effect. Don't 

 disturb roots in transplanting. 



Coreopsis 



Mar. 



May 



i 



10 



June 



Aug. 

 to Nov. 



12 



brown, yellow 



I to 2 



(Calliopsis elegans) Includes best brown 

 flowers in cultivation. Self sows. 



Cornflower 





Apr. 



May 



I 



4x6 





June 

 to Sept. 



8 



deep blue 



I 



Cut flowers young; they grow larger in 

 water. Best of dwarf blue annuals. 



Cosmos 



Feb. 

 Apr. 



May 



A 



18 x 24 



Aug. 



Oct. 



to Nov. 



8 



pink, white, 

 yellow 



4 to 10 



Get early varieties, start indoors. Plant 

 out deeply. Tie to chicken wire. 



Evening Prim- 

 rose (Lam'k) 



Jan. 



Sept. 



1 



18 x 24 



Aug. 



June, 

 next yr. 



6 



p-ale yellow 



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(Oenothera Lamarckiana) Opens at 

 dusk. Fragrant. Flowers 4 to 5 inches. 



Forget-me-not 





Apr. 



May 



i 



4 



Next 

 May 



June 

 to Aug. 



8 



pale blue, 

 white 



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Naturalize along brooks. Will grow 

 in gardens. Water and partial shade. 



Four o'clock 



Feb. 

 Mar. 





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36 



Aug. 



Aug. 

 to Oct. 



12 



white, yellow, 

 carmine, var. 



2 to 3 



Shrubby, but grown as annual. Some- 

 times self sows. Roots kept in cellar. 



Foxglove 



Jan. 



May 



don't 

 cover 



18 



Aug. 



July 



next yr. 



4 to 8 



pink, white 



2 to 4 



Best results by sowing gloxinia-flowered 

 strain in fall in a frame. 



Gourds 



Mar. 



May 



1 



6 



/ 







fruits: green, 

 yellow, white 



10 to 30 



Grown for curious fruits. Train on 

 trellis or arbor. Treat like squash. 



Hollyhock 



Feb. 



June 



I* 



12 



Aug. 



July, 



next yr. 



12 



rose, maroon, 

 vellow, white 



4 to 7 



Cut main growth after flowering. Ever- 

 blooming strain flowers first year. 



Larkspur 

 (annual) 



Feb. 



Apr. 



Sept. 





6x18 



June 



July 



to Oct. 



16 



red, blue, 

 wh., pink, yel. 



i to 2 



Keep flowers cut. Slow to sprout; bet- 

 ter sow in fall. 



Lavatera 



Jan. 



Apr. 



1 



18 



July 



Aug. 

 to Oct. 



6 



white 



3 



(L. trimestris) Mallow family. Flowers 

 four inches across. 



Lobelia 

 cardinalis 



Aug. 



Apr. 



1 



4 



Next 

 July 



Aug. 



4 



carmine 



3. 



4 



Cardinal flower. Best in deep, moist 

 well-drained soil; e. g., brook side. 



Lobelia 

 Erinus 



Feb. 



Apr. 



1 



6 



June 



Aug. 



8 to 12 



white, blue 



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Best blue-flowered, low-edging plant. 

 Common in parks. Will stand manure. 



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