GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



fairies) has been known also — according to Hol- 

 land — as Thimbles, Fairy Cap, Fairy Fingers, 

 Fairy Thimbles, Fairy Bells, Dog's Fingers, Finger 

 Flowers, Lady's Glove, Lady Fingers, Lady's Thim- 

 ble, Pop Dock, Flap Dock, Flop Dock, Lion's 

 Mouth, Rabbit 's Flower, Cottages, Throatwort, and 

 Scotch Mercury, I concluded I would better urge 

 you to remember its Latin name, DIGITALIS, by 

 which the plant is known the world over. 



The botanical terms will easily stick in your 

 mind, too, because they are unusual. Then people 

 who are familiar with flowers will know exactly 

 what you are talking about, and you yourself will 

 always have a certain pride in the scientific knowl- 

 edge that enables you to call things by their right 

 name. 



You will see, if you study the lists given, what a 

 simple matter it is to plan for a garden, big or lit- 

 tle, and with reasonable care you will be rewarded 

 with flowers throughout the season. The follow- 

 ing list will give you more explicit information 

 about the ones people like best: — 



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