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MATEUR Gardeners, there are many exquisite annuals 

 which if the seed are sown in the early part of March 

 in three-inch paper pots or utilizing all the clay pots; one 

 finds in every garden tool house all the small boxes, etc., borders 

 may be grown for all the late flowering tulips, particularly the 

 Darwins. Growing these bordering plants in pots facilitates and 

 simplifies the work because there need be no transplanting or 

 "thinning out." I favor three-inch paper pots for this work as 

 pot, and all (you know) goes right into the ground, where the 

 paper is soon absorbed. The work is cleanly pleasant, and best of 

 all it is done so quickly. Just imagine your imperious Darwin 

 Tulips bordered tenderly with the uncommon pink Forget-Me- 

 Not, which forms a miniature pyramid with a cloud of pink blos- 

 soms of indescribable charm that enhances your Darwins until the 

 very last one has bloomed. These pink Forget-Me-Nots are not 

 hardy as is the overblooming variety, Palustris SemperHorens, 

 but they provide a sweet border flower, preceding your Viola 



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