GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



hock roots, wiiicli you can plant in a circle big 

 enongh to hold your little clnb. Leave an open- 

 ing in the ring just big enough to enter through, 

 and before the season is very far along, the holly- 

 hocks will be taU enough to screen you from the 

 passerby. The hollyhocks sow themselves, and 

 come up every year, and hybridized by the bees, 

 show different colors every season. Better still, go 

 to the woods for a lot of brush, stick it in the 

 ground to form a square room, and cover with a 

 brush roof. Over this you can train wild honey- 

 suckle, which you can find in lengths of ten and 

 twelve feet. Or you can buy a package or two of 

 the Varigated Japanese Hop, which will grow ten 

 feet in a month or six weeks, — and sowing itself, 

 come up and cover your house every year. 



A garden club proves a source of pleasure 

 through the winter, too. You can go on with the 

 care and cultivation of house plants, and the grow- 

 ing of aU kinds of bulbs. You can meet regularly 

 at the different homes, and have the members pre- 

 pare and read little papers such as ''How to Grow 

 Roman Hyacinths in Water," ''The Best Flowers 

 for a Window-Box,'' ''Raising Plants from Cut- 

 tings.*' "Starting Seeds Indoors," "How to Make 

 a Table TVater-Garden," etc. 



In case you wish to know exactly how to organize 

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