GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



ing phlox that will carpet your bed with pink; 

 next, from the daffodil, narcissus and jonquil 

 groups, with the tulips, — all of which must be set 

 out in the fall for bloom in April and May: then 

 the iris in May and June. Sweet alyssum, nastur- 

 tiums, corn flowers, Shirley poppies and cosmos 

 (all annuals), you can count on blooming around 

 New York from July to black frost; dahlias from 

 August to black frost, and monthly roses the entire 

 summer, — with a tidal wave in June. (I know, for 

 I have seen them all, over and over again.) 



Many of the annuals can be started indoors, or 

 in a glass-covered box outside. Then when the 

 early flowering bulbs have faded, you can turn 

 their green tops under the ground, first to allow 

 the sap to run back into the bulb (the storehouse 

 for next year) , and next to decay and fertilize the 

 soil. The annual seedlings can then be placed right 

 on top ! You thus avoid bare, ugly spots, and keep 

 your garden lovely. 



Dahlias planted out about the first of June will 

 bloom from early fall until cold weather sets in; 

 and certain roses, like the Mrs. J ohn Laing and all 

 of the hybrid teas, will flower nearly as late. In 

 fact, in the famous rose garden of Jackson Park, 

 Chicago, as well as in private grounds around New 

 York, I have seen roses blooming in December. 



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