You can secure a very prompt and attractive effect by planting Gladiolus bulbs now as a border for the summer home 
The Garden for the Temporary Home 
SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO MOVE INTO A NEW HOME OR A SUM¬ 
MER ONE LATE IN THE SPRING-WHAT TO PLANT FOR QUICK BLOOM 
by Ida D. Bennett 
Photographs by N. R. Graves, the J. H. McFarland Co. and others 
O NE often hears the dweller in the country, or the cottager 
say: “We are only going to be here a summer, so it will 
not be worth while to start a garden, only to abandon it when 
we move.’' But why should one feel that he may only have the 
sort of garden that has to be abandoned—the garden of slow- 
rooting, slow-growing, sturdy things Why should he not be¬ 
think himself of the joy to be had in a passing garden of beau¬ 
tiful annuals, quick-growing, hardy, friendly to indifferent soil 
and generous in demanding little care? 
The garden of perennials and hardy shrubs is a beautiful 
thing, rich in possibilities, but it is not the only word in floricul¬ 
ture ; there is a vast array of lovely and desirable things to be 
had for the expenditure of a little, a very little time and money. 
To begin with, there is all the proud array of annuals which may 
be raised from seed, blooming in a few weeks from the time of 
sowing, and after them come the little seedlings of all sorts that 
one may buy from every florist, to transplant, or in the garden 
one starts in midsummer, the already well grown and even blos¬ 
soming plants that will thrive when properly set out in their new 
environment. All these will prove that there is little excuse for 
the lack of some sort of a garden even in the temporary home, 
if one really wishes to have one. 
Among the flowers one may have in any garden are the ever 
popular Asters, so greatly improved in the past few years as to 
be significant rivals to the Chrysanthemum. This improve¬ 
ment is principally noticeable in the size and shape of the flower. 
Formerly much yellow center appeared in even the best of the 
Asters, but this has been gradually cultivated out until now it is 
little in evidence. The fluting and waving of the petals of the 
flowers is another advance in culture, and some of the Asters 
are veritable fluffy balls, as for example the Comet Asters and 
the Ostrich and Peony-flowered varieties. Many people find 
the red and purple Asters attractive, but personally, I prefer the 
white and shell-pink varieties. Asters are one of the easiest 
flowers to grow, the seed germinating in from three to five days 
and the plants usually growing on finely from the start. Of 
course for very early flowers the little seedlings that have been 
started in hotbeds, coldframes, or inside in flats, will have to be 
procured from the florist to set out in the new garden. Good 
garden soil will grow Asters to perfection, and either a shady 
or a sunny place will suit them. Indeed I have never found 
Asters exacting in any respect, but they should not be allowed 
to suffer for water at any period of their growth, especially 
when they are coming into bloom. The Aster disease, which 
was so prevalent a few years ago, seems to have about disap¬ 
peared. and the Aster-beetle is less in evidence. So one will not 
have to devote much time to the plants once they have their start 
and are kept free from weeds. 
The Scabiosa is another annual easily grown and a most pro¬ 
lific bloomer. Like the Aster, plants of it should be procured 
from the florist, if early flowers are expected, and the seedlings 
transplanted out in the open. Lovely shades of color are found 
in the new hybrids of this flower: pure white, flesh color, azure 
blue, rose color, terra-cotta and purplish black—this last an ex- 
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