GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



which is a fast growing climber having peculiar 

 yellow-brown flowers the shape of a pipe. Though 

 these seeds are only ten cents per packet, the young 

 plants are sold by the nurserymen for fifty cents 

 apiece: so if you grow them yourself you can 

 figure out what a valuable little house you will 

 have! 



The everlasting pea is a sprawling, quick grower, 

 having many flowers in a cluster, and blooming in 

 August. It thrives in even the most common soil, 

 and gets better every year. It comes in white, pink 

 and red, and a package of the mixed colors can 

 be bought for five cents. 



Other things besides vines are good for flower 

 playhouses. Hollyhocks, planted in a square or a 

 circle, will soon be high enough to screen you from 

 the curious butcher-boy or the neighbor's maid. 

 While most kinds are biennials, and so do not bloom 

 until the second summer, you can either coax a 

 few plants from some grown-up friend that has 

 a lot already established, or you can buy seed of 

 the new annual variety, which, if sown in May, will 

 flower in July! 



Sunflowers, too, are to be found in several va- 

 rieties, ranging from 6 to 8 ft. in height, which you 

 could use for a sort of a stockade, a la Robinson 

 Crusoe. Those having the small blossoms are nice 



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