GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



manent home. Foxgloves, like forget-me-nots, sow 

 themLselves, and the little plants coming up this way 

 should be transplanted and given plenty of room to 

 grow and become strong before their time to bloom. 

 Do not forget to cover during the winter ! 



English daisies (which are tender perennials), 

 and pansies (which generally are grown as an- 

 nuals), can both be started in the seed nursery in 

 August, thinned out and protected before cold 

 weather sets in, and then moved to where you wish 

 them to bloom, in the early spring. 



Canterbury bells do best when the seed is sown 

 the middle of April in ground that is rich, well pre- 

 pared, moist, and partly shady. The middle of July 

 move to a temporary place, and set the plants 6 to 8 

 inches apart. Then early in October transplant to 

 where you want them to blossom the next season. 

 But before the frost comes, protect these tender lit- 

 tle plants with some old berry boxes, then straw or 

 leaves over the top, and in the spring work a small 

 quantity of fertilizer around the roots. Tie the 

 stalks as they begin to get tall, to stout stakes, to 

 prevent their being blown over by storms: and if 

 you will keep cutting off the old flowers so they 

 will not go to seed, you can coax your plants to 



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