1910. 
'J.HE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
161 
THE FARM WOMAN’S GARDEN. 
Part II. 
The peonies, Iris and Phlox give us 
flowers for June, July, August and 
September, but we can make these bor¬ 
ders gay in early Spring by planting 
small bulb's, which have ceased to bloom 
and ripened their foliage before the 
larger plants overshadow them. These 
may include snowdrops, Siberian squills, 
Glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa), tulips, 
hyacinths, daffodils, grape hyacinths and 
dog-tooth violets. These are all planted 
in October, or, if a very open season, 
into November. These are cheap, ex¬ 
cept choice named varieties of the larger 
bulbs; the daffodil fancier may, if he 
will, pay as high as $200 for a single 
bulb of a new English variety. But the 
smaller bulbs, dotted through the border, 
are blooming gaily before the pseonies 
or Iris dare to push through, the snow¬ 
drops leading the way in February, in 
the latitude of New York,, and if the 
situation is favorable they stay with us 
for a number of years. The daffodils 
should have more open spaces, because 
we expect them, to be permanent, and 
they should have a good chance to make 
strong growth without being over¬ 
shadowed. The Crocuses may also be 
dotted about in the grass near the 
edges of the lawn, where they will 
be a gay sight in March and April, and 
will have ripened their foliage before 
it is time to use the lawn mower. 
A great many hardy plants may be 
raised from seed sown in July and 
August, the little plants being wintered 
in a cold frame. The main point is 
to get fresh seed; in most cases the 
germination is poor where seed of the 
previous season is used. After you 
once have your own plants you can be 
sure of fresh seed. As the time of 
sowing is usually warm and dry, a little 
extra care will be needed. If a cold 
frame is not available, sow in shallow 
boxes, cover with glass, and put where 
there is shade during the hottest part 
of the day, or if in beds, after the 
sowing is finished put a piece of damp 
burlap or sacking over the bed, and 
keep it there until the little seed¬ 
lings appear. The best way to sow these 
seeds is to scatter them over the mellow 
surface of the bed, dust a sprinkling 
of soil over, and then pat it down with 
a smooth board. This is the right way 
to sow pansy seed, which is sown in Au¬ 
gust for flowering the following Spring. 
We have no trouble in the latitude of 
New York, in carrying the young pansies 
over Winter in outdoor beds, where water 
will not lie, with a little mulching like 
strawberries, and a great many commer¬ 
cial plants are treated this way though 
the early blooming plants are from 
frames and hotbeds. 
Among the hardy perennials raised 
from seed in this way are laven¬ 
der, larkspur, hollyhocks, foxgloves, 
rose campion, sweet williams, coreopsis, 
forget-me-not, Iceland and Oriental 
poppies, and the list may be extended 
indefinitely. Some of the perennials are 
quite satisfactory for Spring sowing too, 
being put in as early as the ground can 
be worked outside or sown in pots 
in the house in February or March, but 
as but few of them will bloom the same 
year very little is thus gained. Among 
the plants enumerated none will give 
more pleasure than the rose campion 
or mullein pink, with handsome gray 
foliage and brilliant crimson flowers, 
or the sweet william, and both of them 
are very liberal in selfsown seedlings. 
Nothing has been said about lilies or 
Gladiolus, which must be considered sep¬ 
arately from Spring bulbs. The beauti- 
Hil white St. Joseph’s lily, Lilium candi- 
flum, is hardy, but unfortunately, like 
the Bermuda lilies and others, is often 
affected by some mysterious disease, for 
which we have no remedy. St. Joseph’s 
lily must be planted in August, when 
the bulbs are first received by the dealers, 
f he native American wood and tiger 
lilies are admirable for the herbaceous 
borders; wild plants should be marked 
when in bloom, and transplanted when 
top growth ceases in September. The 
hardy Japanese lilies are usually planted 
in Fall, at a depth of about eight inches. 
They like a rich well-drained soil, but 
manure must not come in contact with 
the bulbs. It is a safe precaution to put 
a handful of sand in the hole, around 
the bulb. As for the Gladiolus, plant 
as many roots as means and space allow, 
in an open sunny spot in Spring and do 
not forget at least one conn of Princeps, 
a magnificent scarlet variety, of recent 
introduction. You will get much pleas¬ 
ure, also from mixed Gladiolus of the 
Childsii strain. 
Every seed catalogue will tell you 
much about annuals, and the seed 
packets usually bear reliable directions 
for sowing. The indispensables in an¬ 
nuals are pansies, both Spring and Au¬ 
gust sown, sweet peas, Zinnias, mari¬ 
golds, both French and African, nastur¬ 
tiums dwarf and climbing, and Petunias, 
all of which are absolutely dependable 
for profuse bloom. Cosmos should be 
added if you enjoy a long Fall, but in 
northern localities, frost often comes 
before it is at its best. Fifty cents spent 
in annuals will fill a small garden with 
beauty. Early planting is imperative for 
the sweet peas; better sow them two 
inches deep in the bottom of a two-inch 
trench, and fill up the trench as growth 
progresses, so they are deeply rooted. 
They don’t like to be scorched, so mulch 
with lawn clippings, and give lots of 
water when in bloom. 
We have not said a word about roses, 
and no garden should be without them. 
But they need a whole volume, not 
merely a chapter, to themselves. 
Mr. Martin’s recent article will bear 
re-reading before Spring planting. We 
should like to say something about 
hardy Chrysanthemums—try at least 
some of the little Pompons, which are 
very hardy and very gay—and there are 
so many other reliable Irises besides the 
Germanica that everyone will want to 
expand in culture of this plant. As for 
flowering shrubs, who among us has a 
tithe of the beautiful specimens we 
might possess? There are many beauti¬ 
ful farm gardens in America, but not 
nearly as many as there should be. 
Why not work for farm beauty, as well 
as farm prosperity? 
“All the pedestrians seem to stop at 
your store.” “Oh, I manage to interest 
’em.” “What’s your idea?” “I have a 
thermometer that registers four degrees 
higher in Summer and six degrees lower 
in Winter than any other thermometer 
in town.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. 
“But do you think,” asked the visitor 
in the local option town, “that prohibi¬ 
tion really prevents?” “Well,” replied 
the native, “it prevents a fellow from 
getting the best of whisky, but it doesn’t 
prevent whisky from getting the best 
of him.—Catholic Standard and Times. 
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