HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April 
1912 
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Annuals.the Garden Reinforcements 
{Continued from page 19) 
the rich golden color of its blossoms into 
harmony with the other plantings. The 
white stock and Mourning Bride planted 
nearby, however, will insure perfect peace. 
Phlox Drumondii seeded in early 
April, and portulaca in June, among the 
sweet williams, will clothe such plantings 
the rest of the season with the same bright 
cheery efifects. These annuals succeed 
best when sown in the open garden where 
they are to flower. 
The white variety of nicotiana and sum¬ 
mer cosmos are oimamental and useful 
plants to fill in vacancies left by tall 
flowering perennials •— hollyhocks, del¬ 
phiniums, Job’s tears, coreopsis, garden 
heliotrope, and Madonna and Auratum 
lilies, etc., etc. Such seed may be sown 
broadcast if desired, but I find it more 
satisfactory to transplant the plants from 
pots, for in this way one is able to fill ex¬ 
isting vacancies as needed. 
The most important annuals of all, 
perhaps, are those which bring the whole 
planting scheme into a grand harmony of 
glowing color. This honor is imposed 
upon the varieties bearing white flowers 
and such plants cannot be used too gen¬ 
erously. Planted singly and in masses 
wherever they may be crowded in, the 
snapdragon, Empi'ess candytuft, petunia, 
aster, stock, Mourning Bride and tube¬ 
rose will be found especially worthy in 
bringing about this happy condition. 
The perfect garden, perhaps, exists only 
in dreams. And yet, although the true 
workman is never satisfied with what he 
has wrought but is ever visioning new 
and rarer beauties to be achieved, happily, 
it is possible to create a garden filled with 
loveliness that will radiate with joy and 
happiness throughout the golden days 
when spring, summer and early autumn 
hold sway. 
A Commuter’s Vegetable Garden 
{Continued from page 30) 
celery plants, where the potatoes came out. 
Such little labor-saving schemes are 
worthy of consideration by the com¬ 
muter, whose every minute counts. 
The whole time I spent in this garden 
averaged about twelve minutes per day, 
from early April to late August. I found 
that various obstacles arose to prevent 
working continuously, or for a regular 
length of time each day, but I aimed to 
work about a half-hour at a time, as it 
hardly paid to get out the tools and put 
on old clothes for a shorter period. 
The patch was in very poor shape to 
begin on in April and it required some 
strenuous digging to get it ready. It 
would have been much easier if it had 
been ploughed and fertilized the previous 
fall. For cultivating I found the wheel 
hoe of great value, and am tempted to 
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