GAEDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



can be made to blossom as the rose, — if you only 

 know how. 



As to the third step, make the list of the seeds, 

 bulbs, etc., that you would like, with the idea of 

 having some flowers in bloom the whole summer 

 long. If you are lucky enough to have a kind 

 friend or neighbor give you of her store, they will 

 probably be good and come up as they should. If 

 you have to buy, though, be sure to go to a first- 

 class, reliable dealer, for you don't want to waste 

 yoviv time and money on old things that won't grow. 



Then last of all, decide on your planting from 

 this list with a view to height and color, so that you 

 will arrange to the best advantage, — the nastur- 

 tiums which climb, for instance, going to the back 

 of the bed against wall or trellis, while the dwarf 

 variety should be at the front. 



BIG WORDS FOR COMMON THINGS 



To select your flowers intelligently, though, you 

 must know something about their nature, habits, 

 and tendencies, and certain words always found in 

 seed catalogues and garden books may be puzzling 

 to a beginner. 



a. Annuals, for example, are the plants that 

 live but a year or a single season. 

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