GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



nual and perennial larkspur, and cornflowers, — 

 kept the dining-table supplied with blossoms to 

 match the old blue china until the frost came. 



Frost, by the way, you will find of two kinds, — 

 hoar frost, which the Psalmist so vividly described 

 when he said, *^He scattereth the hoarfrost like 

 ashes," and which injures only the tenderest flow- 

 ers; and black frost, which is of intense enough 

 cold to freeze the sap within the plant cells, so that 

 when the sun^s heat melts this frozen sap the plant 

 — leaf and stalk — ^wilts down and turns black. 

 Therefore, both in the early spring and the late 

 fall, you must watch out for Jack, whichever garb 

 he dons, and give your tender plants some nighty 

 covering. 



A LITTLE BED FOR A LITTLE GIRL 



If you can have only one small bed, however, 

 you can get a lot of pleasure out of it most of the 

 season if you will carefully choose your plants. 

 Pansies set along the outer edge will blossom until 

 mid-summer if you keep them picked and watered 

 every day ; and verbenas, which have the same har- 

 monizing shades, you can count on blooming until 



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