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A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN. 



other smooth place, and there arratige to suit the taste. 

 When a pattern is made that seems good, transfer the plants 

 one at a time, to the border, as described for bedding plants, 

 keeping the pattern intact. In such a small garden as the 

 one- under consideration, the use of foliage plants is limited. 

 It requires a much larger place to display the most striking 

 effects of ribbon gardening, or even to show these plants in 

 masses. 



A LONG LOOK AHEAD 



is essential in all gardening operations. If it is desired to 

 have flowers at any particular time, it will be necessary to 

 make preparations six months in advance. To have flowers 

 all the year round, the cultivator must be continually look- 

 ing ahead for months, and preparing each season for those 

 plants that are to bloom half a year afterward. In May we 

 must get ready the plants that are to bloom in November. 

 Among the plants used for window gardening are the fol- 

 lowing : — 



Steevia, Eupatorium, 

 Bouvardia, Carnations, La Purite 



Jasmine, and President Degraw. 



These are procured in May, and set out in some corner 

 of the border. They are of about the size of bedding plants, 

 and are planted and treated in precisely the same way. 

 As they are not expected to bear flowers during the summer, 

 it is not important where they stand. Their after treatment 



