A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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Bpecifj this, the information can be easily obtained from 

 them. 



THE COST 



of seeds varies with the kinds. From five to twentj-five 

 cents per paper is the .usual retail price. One paper of 

 each kind will be sufl&cient for our garden. The tender an- 

 nuals in pots will be about seventy-five cents a dozen; 

 without the pots, fifty cents. Three dozen plants will be 

 enough. 



BEDDING PLANTS 



are raised from cuttings, and are for sale in the spring by 

 the florists. They are grown in pots, but of a larger size 

 than those used for the tender annuals. The following list 

 includes those desirable for our garden. The tea-roses, it 

 will be noticed, are called bedding plants, and should be 

 placed at the head. The other plants are in the order of 

 their merit. 



Tea-roses, Lemon Verbenas, 



Heliotropes, Geraniums, 



Carnations, reverfews, 



Verbenas, Salvias. 



THE TIME TO PLANT 



varies with the season. In New England it is the same as 

 that for tender annuals, — from the twentieth of May to 

 the tenth of June. 



PLANTING 



is a very -simple aiffair. Turn from the pots, and set out as 



