GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



b. Biennials, however, continue for two years 



before they perish, making roots and 

 leaves the first year and usually flowering 

 the second. 



c. Perennials are the kind that continue for 



more than two years. 



d. Deciduous refers to the shrubs and trees that 



lose their leaves in the fall. 



e. Evergreens are those that keep their verdure 



the whole year round. 



f. Herbaceous plants may be annual, biennial 



or perennial, but they have a stem that 

 does not become woody, and that dies down 

 after flowering. 



g. Hybrids are plants produced by crossing,'* 



or mixing two distinct varieties. 



PLANT NEEDS 

 All plant life, you must understand, requires five 

 things,— WARMTH, LIGHT, AIR, WATER and 

 FOOD. But plants differ as much as people, and 

 some need more of one thing than they do of an- 

 other. Some grow best in sunlight, others in the 

 shade ; some in sand, others in rich soil. You will 

 have to find out what each kind requires. The food 

 properties needed in the soil have some big names, 

 too, — nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid, all of 

 which are found in farm manures. If you can not 

 conveniently get these, however, florists and seed- 

 men can supply you with other fertilizers more eas- 

 ily handled. 



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