GARDENING FOR 

 LITTLE GIRLS 



CHAPTER I 



First Steps Toward a Garden 



And becanse the breath of flowers is far sweeter 

 in the air (where it comes and goes, like the warb- 

 ling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing 

 is more fit for that delight than to know v/hat be 

 the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. 



— Bacon. 



If you want a flower garden, you can begin 

 work as early as March. Does that sound strange, 

 — with cold winds and occasional snow? Ah, but 

 the plans should all be laid then, and many things 

 started in the house. 



Four steps must be taken before starting actual 

 work: 



First. — Find out what space you can have for 

 your garden. 



Second. — Consider the soil, situation, surround- 

 ings. 



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