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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1918 



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and Jonquils, Campernelles and Tulips are 

 out. A Crocus lasts but two days on the 

 bulb and not that if picked, but these others 

 are all pickable and lasting. The most satis- 

 factory are the Campernelles, small Jonquils, 

 very fragrant, which often keep fresh two 

 weeks on the bulb and nearly as long in a vase. 

 Successive flower stalks keep them in bloom 

 almost two months. The others are more 

 showy and better known. 



The Iris provides several shades of yellow, 

 cream, clear yellow, and yellow with brown 

 trimmings. They last till June, and before 

 they are gone the early shrubs have taken 

 their turn and the perennials are ready to 

 begin. The earliest shrubs are the Forsythia, 

 which blooms before its leaves appear, and the 

 spicy Missouri Currant, a favorite in old 

 New England gardens. And those who for- 

 merly lived in New England "love it because 

 it smells like home." Many people value 

 this shrub for its big black currants which 

 make fine jelly or spiced currants. A little 

 later than these is the hardy Azalea, a 

 dwarf plant, which in yellow is a bunch of 

 beauty. 



April and early May should see the plant- 

 ing of the annual seeds, Zinnias — lemon and 

 golden yellow — Nasturtiums and Marigolds. 

 Not that these exhaust the list, but they are 

 the surest and most satisfactory, delighting 

 in dry and hot weather as well as in the rainy 

 season, and keep a succession of flowers till 

 frost. Coreopsis, like these, is started from 

 seed, but once started, sows itself till it may 

 become a burden, after a few years. Golden 

 Glow multiplies rapidly and one who has a 

 root is usually glad to dispose of part of it. 

 These furnish bouquets when other flowers 

 are not so plentiful. If one has a vegetable 

 garden, plenty of yellow blossoms can be had 

 from the squashes, melons, cucumbers, and 

 mustard. 



Yellow Dahlias, both single and double, 

 are constantly improving in size and number 

 of flowers. Lantana, too, is better than it 

 used to be, and has two shades in yellow, the 

 clear lemon yellow and golden yellow, turn- 

 ing to red as it fades. But when these and all 

 others are nearing the end of their beauty 

 because of cooler weather, Chrysanthemums 

 are just beginning. The "button" mums 

 are as much a delight as the ordinary size and 

 both will grow in the garden when the huge 

 hot house beauty is beyond the reach of 

 most of us. 



The cost of a yellow garden is compara- 

 tively small. A quarter will give Crocus bulbs 

 enough to start a bed, and another quarter 

 will provide some Campernelles; these should 

 be put in the ground in the fall, just before 

 settled cold weather. A third quarter in the 

 spring will buy seeds of two kinds of Mari- 

 golds, two shades of Zinnia, and Nasturtiums. 

 Twenty-five cents more would supply two or 

 more Chrysanthemums, and the succession 

 of yellow flowers is practically complete. 

 Others can be added as one has space to fill 

 and money to spare or finds a friend with 

 some to give away. The care of the yellow 

 garden is so small, one feels it is an induce- 

 ment to try it. Of the. spring bulbs, only the 

 Tulips need to be changed and that only every 

 other year. The annuals are sown where 

 wanted and the mums and shrubs also are 

 fixtures. Dahlias and Lantanas should 

 be kept in the cellar over winter. But 

 the pleasure would repay much greater 

 efforts. 



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