HOUSE AND GARDEN 
128 
April, 
1910 
Foxgloves lift spikes of beautiful flowers above the 
level of the foliage 
Pyrethrum, a large daisy-like flower 
variously colored 
Pansies are ever popular and prolific blooming 
flowers 
Cosmos, tall-growing and 
fine for cutting 
rich in humus, if best results are to 
be obtained. Well rotted barnyard 
and stable manure or leaf-mold 
worked into the ground, will supply 
this where the soil is deficient in rich¬ 
ness. Without enrichment of this sort 
soils are given to bakingor drying out, 
which is, of course, disastrous to the 
growth of all tender plants. When 
you have chosen a plot for your 
flower garden spade up the earth to a 
depth of fully a foot. Work this over 
a second time to a depth of six or 
eight inches, pulverizing the surface 
to make the beds mellow and smooth. 
Top-soil, being more rich than the 
earth under it, should always be re¬ 
moved, in making new beds, for 
replacing later, after manure has 
been worked into the under soil. 
FERTILIZING 
The fertility of the soil of the 
flower garden may be maintained, or 
increased, by the application of nat¬ 
ural and commercial fertilizers. With 
the former, an ordinary barrowful of 
manure should be quite sufficient for 
every ten square feet of garden area. 
On account of the phosphates they 
contain, wood ashes tend to sweeten 
the soil, but they should be applied 
directly to it after other fertilizers 
have been worked in, and never 
mixed directly with them. Manure, 
for instance, if mixed with wood ashes 
loses its ammonial value, and becomes 
far less useful to the needs of grow¬ 
ing plants. Soot, mixed with water, 
forms an excellent plant food for 
Pansies and Roses, just as ashes do for 
Asters and Gladioli. Barnyard manure 
is especially suited to Pansies, Iris, 
Gladioli, Violets and bulbous plants, 
and to sandy soils, while stable 
manure is preferable for clayey soils. 
As a fertilizer for the Rose garden, 
Asters, one of the longest 
blooming annuals 
Hollyhocks dignify any 
garden 
For key to the symbols used, see next page 
THE BEST FLOWERS 
Ke y 
Plant 
Color 
Height 
(inches) 
Sow 
Depth for 
Seed 
(inches) 
Dis¬ 
tanced 
Plant 
Apart 
(in.) 
Blossoms 
(early and 
late) 
Landscape Use 
p 
12-24 
June-July 
(Columbine) 
p 
July 
P A 
Adonis. 
Yellow. 
I 2 
March-April *1 May 
6 
May-June 
Border 
A 
1 
P 
A 
1 
A 
i 
6 
A 
X 
P 
Bleeding-Heart. 
(ice n 1 1 d ) 
Crimson-purple. 
8-19 
If May. 
24 
May-Aug. 
Mass 
A 
I _2 
A 
■ 8 
P A 
18-36 
X 
8 
A 
White.‘. 
6-8 
4 
A 
3 
P A 
4 
18 
A 
i8~ 
j. 
8 
A 
X 
8 
P 
Coral Bellll. 
A 
i 
A 
i 
8 
A 
1 
P 
Mass 
P 
6-8 
6 
May 
P 
Edging 
P B 
May If May. 
1 
6 
Edging 
P A 
1 
Border . 
P B 
4 
Mass-screening 
P 
Gaillardiat. 
A 
18 
1 
July 
Mass-border 
A 
4 
Mass 
A 
X 
Mass 
P 
X 
Tulv 
Mass 
P 
Ornamental 
B 
Screening 
P E 
i 
s 
June-Sept. 
Mass 
P 
18-30 
If May!... .' . 
May-July 
Mass-border 
P A 
May t May. 
i 
Border 
A 
1 
8 
July ‘ 
Screening 
A 
4 
June-Sept. 
Mass-edging 
A 
X 
Tune- Tuly 
Mass 
A 
X 
Border 
P A 
Lupinefil. 
White, blue, pink. 
12-24 
May If May. 
4 
June 
Mass 
