HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1910 
129 
German Iris should find a placein every 
garden 
Violets are worth all the trouble one spends to 
raise them 
The gorgeous Dahlia is one of the 
garden’s delights 
sheep manure is especially recom¬ 
mended. Perennials, of course, are 
more gross feeders than annuals; 
hence they require greater fertilizing. 
SEED 
Good seed is essential to obtain¬ 
ing good plants; therefore select it 
carefully from reliable dealers who 
may be trusted to give you fresh 
packets. Then, having made the top¬ 
soil mellow and smooth, sow your 
seed in drills, always planning to 
place seeds of the taller plants in 
the center of the beds or at the back, 
so the grown plants may not hide 
those of less height. Nothing is 
more disappointing, when your gar¬ 
den seeds come to maturity, than to 
find you have to hunt for little 
plants behind a thicket of tall ones. 
It is a good rule to plant seeds 
of annuals at about five times the 
depth of their own thickness, sowing 
thickly, to be thinned out later. One 
can never be just sure of the propor¬ 
tion of seeds that will germinate; 
hence thick planting obviates disap¬ 
pointment. 
When the seeds have been sprin¬ 
kled in the drills (that is the grooves 
you have made for them in the soil), 
sift earth over them, after carefully 
marking both ends of each seed-row 
with a wooden name label. Then 
press the soil down over the seed by 
patting it with the flat of a hoe- 
blade. As you will have marked 
your seed-rows accurately, anything 
growing up between them it will 
be safe to consider weeds, and all 
such weeds should be pulled up 
and burnt as soon as they appear. 
Nothing so quickly exhausts a soil’s 
richness, and consequently the vitality 
of tender flowering plants, as do weeds. 
FOR SPRING PLANTING 
Key 
P 
A 
A 
PJ 
n 
A 
A 
A 
A 
p;a 
Pi 
A 
Plant 
Mallow §. 
Marigold! 0 . 
Mignonette*!-... 
Monkshood|| 
(Poisonous) 
MoonflowerJ. . . . 
Morning Gloryt°. 
Nasturtium*!*... 
Nicotiana*!ll 
Pansyfil. 
Peony!. 
Petunia 0 . 
P A 
P A 
A 
A 
P 
P 
P 
A 
P A 
P 
A 
P 
P A 
A 
P A 
A 
A 
P B 
P 
P 
P 
PB A 
A 
Phlox!. 
Pink!. 
Poppy! 0 .. . 
Portulaca . 
Primrose . 
Pyrethrum! . 
Rudbeckia!. 
(Golden Glow) 
Salpiglossis . 
Salvia!°|| . 
Scabiosa! . 
Schizanthus. 
Silene! . 
Snapdragon!.... 
Stock! . 
Sunflower§°. 
Sweet Alyssum! 0 , 
Sweet Pea*!*.... 
Sweet William... 
(Dianthus) 
Verbena!. 
Veronica . 
Violet*§|| . 
Wallflower*. 
Zinnia!. 
Color 
Rose-white. 
Lemon to orange. 
Green white. 
Blue-white. 
(Sea »*>l 
White. 
Various. 
Various. 
White-red. 
Various. 
Red-pink-white. 
White to claret. 
All except blue & yellow. 
White to rose. 
White to scarlet. 
White-red-yellow. 
Y ellow-pink. 
Various. 
Yellow. 
Various. 
Scarlet. 
White-yellow-biue. 
Mixed yellow-lilac. 
White to rose. 
Various. 
White to crimson. 
Yellow. 
White. 
Various. 
White-pink-red. 
Various. 
Purple. 
j Violet. 
Brown-yellow. 
Various. 
Height 
(inches) 
Sow 
Depth for 
Seed 
(inches) 
Dis¬ 
tance of 
Plant 
Apart 
(in.) 
Blossoms 
(early and 
late) 
Landscape 
8 
10-24 
May. 
i 
6 
Aug.-Oct. 
Mass-edging 
I 2 
May. 
i 
6 
July-Oct. 
Mass-edging 
36 
IfMay. 
IO 
July-Aug. 
Border 
IS to 30 feet 
May. 
1 
6 
Aug.-Sept. 
Screening-vine 
10 to 20 feet 
May. 
1 
4 
July-Aug. 
Screening-vine 
I — 60 
May. 
i 
5-12 
July-Oct. 
Mass-screening 
3 to s feet 
May. 
1 
8-12 
July-Aug. 
Mass 
6 
Mas - If May. 
i 
7 
May-Oct. 
Border 
24-36 
May. 
Mav-June 
Mass 
12 — 24 
May. 
Scatter over 
8-12 
July-Sept. 
Mass-edging 
I 2-60 
May. 
i 
8-1 2 
Tuly-Oct. 
Mass-edging 
4—1 2 
April If May. 
i 
5 
August 
Border 
6—24 
May . 
i 
4 
July-Aug. 
Mass 
6-9 
May-June . 
i 
4 
July-Oct. 
Mass-edging 
4 
11 April. 
5 
April-May 
Mass-border 
12-24 
IfMav . 
12 
Aug.-Oct. 
Mass-border 
60—100 
11 May. 
12 
Aug.-Sept. 
Mass-screening 
12—24 
May. 
i 
6 
June-Aug. 
10—24 
May If May . 
i 
. 5 
Aug.-Oct. 
Mass-Border 
12-36 
If May. 
Tune-Aug. 
Border 
24 
IfMay. 
1 
8 
July-Aug. 
Border 
3-5 
*|May . 
5 
June-Aug. 
Mass-edging 
24 
May 1 May. 
1 
8 
July-Aug. 
Mass-border 
18 
May. 
1 
S 
Tune-July 
Border 
36—100 
May H May . 
1 
24-48 
August 
Screening 
8 
May. 
i 
4 
May-Sept. 
Mass-edging 
1 to 6 ft. 
April . 
French 3 
8 
June-Oct. 
Screening 
12 
May If May. 
1 
8 
July-Aug. 
Border 
5-18 
IlMay. 
I 2 
June-Aug. 
Edging 
24-30 
1 !May. 
8 
August 
Border 
6 in. 
IfMay . 
6 
March 
Mass-edging 
12-30 
Mav U May. 
t 
6 
July-Aug. 
Border 
12—24 
May. 
t 
8 
July-Oct. 
Mass* 
I 
P Indicates hardy or tender perennials. 
B Indicates biennials. 
A Indicates annuals. 
H Indicates time for setting out perennials. 
I Indicates flowers especially good for cutting. 
* Indicates especially fragrant flowers. 
§ Indicates plants for moist places. 
t Indicates climbers. 
0 Indicates self-sowing annuals. 
|| Indicates annuals which will thrive with partial shade. 
Columbine, an old-time 
favorite 
