Volume XIV. 
APRIL, 1885. 
No. 4. 
WHAT SHALL WE PLANT? 
T HE season for planting is upon us. In many sections 
of the country the work for the spring is already 
over, in other parts, but little thought has yet been given 
in making preparations for the summer that is to come. 
For early spring flowers, we must plant our bulbs in the 
fall; for summer flowers, we must sow some seeds in the 
Miniature Single Dahlias. (See page 93.) 
to the flower-garden ; buf there is yet plenty to do every¬ 
where, for gardening is a work that is never done. Each 
day is a “New Year” to some plant, and there is not a 
day in the whole year that cannot be profitably employed 
autumn, and for fall flowers, we must commence our work 
in the winter ox early spring, in order to meet with the 
best success. That we must have flowers, is a fact per¬ 
fectly well established. “ The love of flowers,” says Dr. 
