March, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
217 
and scarlet, are my favorites, and of the 
antirrhinums, the giant white, pink and 
garnet. 
Asters make stronger plants when the 
seed is sown in the sunny borders where 
they are to bloom, although they grow 
fairly well in partial shade. If the early- 
branching and the late-branching kinds are 
used, a succession of many weeks of flow¬ 
ers may be secured. My preference is for 
the white, pink and pale lavender of the 
above varieties, and nothing that grows in 
my garden gives more beauty and satis¬ 
faction. 
The zinnias, as we now know them, de¬ 
serve a place in every garden. I plant 
both giant and dwarf varieties, and, to 
avoid clashes of color, use only white, 
crimson, flesh and salmon pinks, and I 
glory in their rich luxuriance from early 
May until late fall. If kept well cut, I 
know of no more effective summer flow¬ 
ers. 
Cannas in the South do not have to be 
taken up in the fall, and they multiply so 
rapidly that care must be exercised in 
placing them lest they overrun their more 
delicate and less obtrusive garden neigh¬ 
bors. Naturalized in the lawn, against 
fences, planted in clumps in chimney 
corners, or where a temporary screen is 
needed, they make a rich and beautiful 
background. Careful attention must be 
given to color, however; for, while hedges 
of either yellow or red varieties are good, 
those of mixed colors are rarely ugly. For 
a screen, the tall kinds are best, while, for 
a low hedge or clumps in the perennial 
borders, the dwarf kinds are to be prefer¬ 
red. A hedge of tall yellow cannas, with 
masses of dwarf helianthus in the fore¬ 
ground, glorified an ugly division fence in 
my garden for many months last year. 
The Stone tomatoes and the Chinese 
giant peppers, if planted in early March, 
are ready for transplanting in late April, 
and give excellent results in very limited 
space. Radishes planted in the open are 
ready for the table in early April. If 
garden areas permit, free planting of all 
the early vegetables should be made at this 
time. 
First in my summary of garden opera¬ 
tions for March, I mentioned the planting 
of the lawn, and again, because of its im¬ 
portance, I emphasize the sowing of the 
grass plot. Have the soil deeply spaded, 
thoroughly enriched, plant the most care¬ 
fully selected evergreen lawn grass seed, 
and in the fall it will be necessary only to 
reseed in order for you to have from 
March to March a turf that is green and 
rich and beautiful. 
When the seed are all carefully packed 
away, the bulbs and roots planted where 
they should be, there is time to breathe in 
the fragrance and enjoy the beauty of the 
March blossoms. My garden book shows 
that, for three succeeding years, March 
winds have brought to me the spicy sweet¬ 
ness of the hyacinths, and have opened the 
golden bells of the daffodils and the rich 
cups of the iris and tulips. March comes 
in laden with the breath of violets and goes 
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