Cl/tmftrc Everybody loves beautiful flowers, they uve one of the 
r lOWClg. attractions of a refined and beautiful home, and 
brighten and adorn the most humble. In the cultivation of flowers we 
cultivate the acquaintance of very agreeable friends, and they 
will repay for all the efforts made by the ladies of the house- 
hold; and will interest the children and the “moil-folks. ” 
l) oiior lUVinrl If you have many rare plants, try some 
IlCVCi IvllflU. , tho good, old-fashioned flowers 
grown from seed; all annuals, and all profuse, fragrant and 
attractive, and you will be surprised and pleased at the glo- 
rious beauties which will develop during the summer days. 
They are the flowers for everybody. 
tl ITS ref Qfe>n i* to succeed in raising a few flower*. If 
I 116 r I IOl OLCp you undertake too much before having 
practical experience, you are likely to fail, become disgusted, and give 
up the whole effort in discouragement. But the exquisite delight of 
seeing a bed of flowers of your own raising, and thoroughly good, will 
be apt t .0 inspire a real ambition, and lay the foundation for future suc- 
cess with more difficult flowers. 
A Foul Failures P " 1 «v«r complaints <m seeds fall- 
■ vJW ■ allul CO. mg to grow ! \es! a few, no seed house, 
big or little, but has had experience in this line. Amateurs, ns a generut 
rule, when first starting to grow flowers from seeds, purchase the Kark 
and IIioii-Priced varieties that, can only be started into growth in a green- 
house. Result— failure, nine times out of ten. 
Advice to the Inexperienced. ^ B . i o!°ci t .« 
and you can grow flowers from seed the first season, with proper care 
and patience. 
• wi . Ck*»ll I Dlant? For one, Sweet Peas; there is no 
W lla L Ondll I rldllll other flower grown out of doors 
that will give the variety of colorings, combined with fragrance that tho 
Sweet Pea does, and no other annual is so popular. Next to Sweet Peas, 
tho Nasturtium is a favorite. It begins to blossom early in summer and 
lasts long after first frost. A bed of Asters, although blossoming for only 
a few weeks, may be bad with so little trouble that one may well un- 
dertake it. A bed of Portuluca is so easy to raise, that success is no 
credit. Another particular favorite is the Petunia. A bed of Eschs- 
choltzia (California Poppy), with Sweet Alyssum as a border, will bo an 
object of pleasure all summer long. Morning Glories are healthy and 
hearty growers, profuse in bloom, (especially the new strain 
of Japanese Morning Glory) surpassing all blossoms in ex- 
quisite form and delicucy, and, what is of prime importune©, 
holding forth through the whole summer, whether hot or cold, 
wet or dry. Other annuals which are indispensable in uny gar- 
den on uccount of beauty, and euso of cultivation ore— Antir- 
rhinum, Anchusu, Bachelor's Button, Balsam, Calendula, Colli* 
opsis, Cunna, Candytuft, Chrysanthemum (French Marguerites) 
Centaurea Marguerite, Cosmos, Dianthus or Chinese Pinks, Fever- 
few, Gaillardla, Godetiu. Hellchrysum Marigold, Marvel of Peru, 
Mignonette, Nicotlano, Pansy, Phlox, Poppy, Salpiglossis, Schiz- 
unthus, Scabiosa, Ten Weeks’ Stocks, Verbena and Zinnia. 
There, I have mentioned u few flowers for a beginning; they are 
all profuse bloomers, and form masses of colors which will charm the eye 
every time you look out of your window. Any and all of these urc good. 
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