to Help You 
PLAN YOUR 
GARDEN 
To gardeners the country over the 
name "Mrs. Francis King" is almost a household 
word. They know her as the author of fascinat¬ 
ing books and articles that tell them things they 
most want to know about their own gardens. 
Believing that even the tiniest garden spot is 
more satisfying when carefully designed, Mrs. 
King has been tireless in sharing her vast expe¬ 
rience and intimate knowledge of growing things. 
She is honorary president of the Woman's 
National Farm and Garden Association; member 
of the Garden Club of London, honorary member 
of Garden Clubs at home and abroad; first woman 
to receive the George Robert White Medal of 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society for "Eminent 
Service in Horticulture"; author of "The Well 
Considered Garden" and the "Little Garden" 
Series and articles in McCalls, Good House¬ 
keeping, Country Gentleman, Saturday Evening 
Post, House and Garden and House Beautiful. 
She joins Wards to bring you her wealth of 
experience, to make this catalog more colorful, 
and complete. She has suggested the new 
varieties, the wider range of color offered this 
season; the novel planting of Cannas and An¬ 
nuals is hers. But best of all she has written 
this captivating booklet, "Planning Your Planting." 
Below is her message to you. In it you will 
catch her boundless enthusiasm, and the sage 
common sense which makes her as practical as 
she is inspiring. Take her counsel — start your 
garden early with a plan set down on paper. 
Watch, as you go through this catalog, for her 
timely suggestions. Your reward will be the love¬ 
liest garden you have ever possessed. 
A Late Autumn Interlude in Mrs. King's Garden. Stonecrop (Sedum 
Spectabile) and the Lovely annual Dwarf Morning Glory 'Sky Blue'. 
YOU FOR YOUR GARDEN 
Planting the Little Garden 
Do not plant shrubs and perennials too close together; 
i allow two feet between such subjects as delphiniums, 
i five between peonies, ten between lilacs, three between 
tall dahlias, and about a foot for such annuals as pe¬ 
tunias and verbenas. Set most of the taller plants such 
as hardy asters, dahlias, tall phloxes, physostegia and 
delphiniums at the back of the border. And do not 
make the range of heights too regular. Break the line 
occasionally by letting an old rosebush or a low shrub 
come forward to the very front of the border. 
Planting depth is highly important. If peonies are 
planted more than two inches deep, they will probably 
refuse to bloom. The proper time for planting certain 
things must be remembered—Japanese anemone only 
in spring, oriental poppy in August; the Madonna lily 
s must be set in that same month; the Canterbury Bell 
moved in September to its position for the following year. 
Never forget flowering shrubs as a part of the flower 
border; endless is the range of these, from the low grow- 
; ing barberry and weigela to the larger lilac and mock 
orange, in their exquisite modem forms, so hardy and 
effective. Some small shrubs take up very little space, 
and make a beautiful foil for flowers. Do not be afraid to 
; change things about. Transplanting is necessary to good 
development of plants and the garden can be improved, 
i season by season, by regrouping for better arrangement. 
Planning Your Planting 
By MRS. FRANCIS KING 
. Written Especially for Wards 
• Eight interesting new Gardens—with charts showing plantings. 
• Rock Garden suggestions. 
• Rose Gardens—what to select and how 
to build. 
• Arbors and Hedges—what to use. 
• The Garden as an outdoor living room. 
• Border and corner plantings for little lots. 
• Formal Gardens—large and small. 
• Suburban Gardens of variety and charm. 
• French Gardens—a new, interesting and 
practical idea. 
• Seed Sowing—practical advice. 
• How to improve the Garden year by year. 
• A Garden Calendar—and how to keep 
your own record month by month. 
A brand new kind of Garden Book—exactly 
what good gardeners have been hoping some¬ 
one would write. Practical—sparkling with 
new ideas—written as delightfully as a story. 
Mrs. King believes that all gardens can be made more interesting and 
unusual by a little thought in designing. She has written this book for 
people who enjoy their gardens and can spend a little money—and a lot 
of time, to make them flower each season. 32 pages of large clear type 
with plans and charts and marginal space for your own notes. Send now 
for Planning Your Planting. _ _ 
87 PJ 2249—-Planning Your Planting. Sent Prepaid.2wC 
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