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The Story of a Busy Woman’s Garden 
Sheba Childs Hargreaves Tells How It Was Planned and How It Grew 
T o be happy I must have flowers 
about me, but my days are full; 
there is no time to give to blooms which 
require constant petting, so I have 
finally settled on a definite flower- 
garden policy. My plan is simplicity 
itself. I have chosen a plot of ground 
20 X 40 feet in a location handy to my 
kitchen door, where I can slip out in 
odd moments to weed or hoe. The 
flowers can be plainly seen from the 
kitchen windows and on warm days 
the spicy fragrance floats in and light¬ 
ens my labor wonderfully. 
I prevailed upon friend husband to 
spade in a lavish quantity of well- 
rotted cow manure, 
and to put the plot 
in first-class shape 
for me, so that the 
later labor would 
^ as light as possi¬ 
ble. This was 
done in the fall, 
when a few of the 
hardier plants 
were set in place. 
In the spring the 
plot was deeply 
spaded again. 
I had two well- 
defined aims in 
view — to grow 
only flowers which 
could be depended 
upon to give a 
maximum amount 
of bloom for a 
minimum amount 
of labor, and to al¬ 
ternate varieties 
so that from early 
spring until the 
first killing frost 
my garden would 
be a riot of bloom. 
I love wild colors 
in a garden, so did 
not labor much 
over a color scheme 
beyond planting 
yellows and reds and hard blues far 
enough apart to keep the peace. 
Plan Flower Grouping Carefully 
I made my garden first on paper, 
grouping the plants in regard to their 
cultural requirements as well as ^ to 
their time of blooming. The planting 
was done in straight rows three feet 
apart across the plot, so that the head 
of the family could run the wheel hoe 
through it when he was cultivating the 
vegetable garden and thus relieve me 
of the hard handwork which is made 
necessary by irregular mass planting. 
My selection was confined mainlj^ to 
hardy perennials, with a few quick¬ 
growing annuals for fillers. First, I 
set a border of old-fashioned sweet 
June pinks all the way around—they 
were in white and two shades of pink. 
They were for fragrance—^mignonette 
and sweet allysum were depended upon 
when the pinks were not in bloom. I 
love smelly things in a garden, and it 
must be confessed that the old-fash¬ 
ioned flowers have been improved in 
size and color at the expense of fra¬ 
grance. 
It was necessary to group the flowers 
which take a good, long rest after 
blooming, so that they would not re¬ 
ceive water during the summer. Iris, 
daffodils and Candidum lilies were 
placed together. The iris came first, 
alternating with rows of daffodils cho¬ 
sen to run the gamut of color and to 
bloom as long as it was “open season” 
for daffodils. The iris were ecstacies 
of color during their season, and 
through the summer their sword-like 
leaves were pleasing both in the garden 
and for (Cutting for foliage. 
My Madonna or Candidum lilies came 
next—they are my choicest possessions; 
I have 40 large, fat bulbs—think of 
owning 40 Madonna lilies 5 they repre¬ 
sent some ten years of lily conserva¬ 
tion and thrift. I set the bulbs ten 
inches apart, with 18 inches between 
rows. They were a delight during 
their two weeks of bloom, but had to 
be cut down and allowed to rest imme¬ 
diately after- this barren spot was 
not pleasing, but this concession has to 
be made to lilies; they separate and 
grow thin and spindling if given water 
after they bloom. 
Farther along in the plot I have a 
few bulbs of the lilium auratum, the 
sacred lily of Japan, sometimes known 
as the gold-banded lily; it, together 
with lilium rubrum, is a late summer 
bloomer, and so requires constant culti¬ 
vation and plenty of water. I am 
planning to buy more lilies with my 
cigar money. 
Do not get the idea that I am an 
ultra-modem woman trying to break 
myself of the smoking habit. I have 
never smoked, neither do I intend to 
begin, but my life partner indulges, 
and I hold that I have a right to spend 
as much money foolishly as he does, so 
I class my indulgences in choice flow¬ 
ers as “cigar money.” 
The hybridizer has done such good 
work that the choice of hardy peren¬ 
nials is practically unlimited. The 
blooming season has been extended and 
the colors so enriched that they fill the 
gardener with delight. This is particu¬ 
larly true of hollyhocks—I raise single 
and double ones in my plot in whites, 
reds, pinks and yellows. Delphiniums 
are just old-fashioned larkspurs which 
the plant wizard has put into perennial 
form. I grow them easily from seed, 
though the hybrids do not always come 
true; they are lovely in color, ranging 
from pure white to the deepest blue. 
Often the stalks are six feet high, and 
if cut back so that seed does not form, 
they bloom all summer. Delphiniums 
“Where Lovely Lilies Lean” 
A group of sturdy blooms which bear 
mute testimony to the constant care 
they have received 
will not tolerate any root division, but 
they will last three or four seasons. T 
fertilize mine with coal ashes and 
mulch them with straw, which is 
spaded in the spring. Well-rotted cow 
manure is the best fertilizer for all the 
perennials, though some of them like 
a good handful of bone meal worked 
into the roots each spring. 
Old-Fashioned Standbys Included 
I have quantities of daisy-like per¬ 
ennials—double English daisi^, dor- 
onicum, coreopsis and giallardia, each 
in its season. These flowers require 
very little care, but must be divided 
often to keep them 
bn the “reserva¬ 
tion.” By alternat¬ 
ing the rows of this 
type of perennials 
with those which 
are strictly sum¬ 
mer bloomers my 
garden was never 
“dog-eared” or 
shabby last sum¬ 
mer. 
Snapdragons are 
lovely with their 
soft pastel shades; 
they grow easily 
and last two or 
three years if they 
do not winter-kill. 
The hardy flox are 
also a delight. Then 
there are the per¬ 
son i a 1 Campanu- 
las in different 
colors and forms. 
Of course, I have 
Oriental p 0 p p ies. 
The different vari- 
eties must be 
planted apart, 
coming as they 
grow in flaming 
scarlet, vivid 
orange and soft- 
shell pink. Ane¬ 
mone Japonica is also a favorite of 
mine — both white and pink. 
It would be impossible to tell of all 
the flowers I grew last season; it ended 
in a blaze of glory with the chrysan¬ 
themums which had- been set at inter¬ 
vals in the rows all oyer the plot. 
It is necessary to be hard-hearted in 
the matter of separating clumps, if the 
rows are to be wide enough to admit 
the wheel hoe, otherwise one has an 
African jungle to contend with in a 
few years. But the divided clumps 
can always be traded to advantage 
with other flower lovers, though there 
is one rule to be borne in mind—do 
not take roots of flowers unless you 
know exactly what you are getting, for 
choice varieties take no more room than 
inferior ones, but they raise the garden 
high above the level of the common¬ 
place. _ 
GKOWING SALVIA PLANTS 
We all like salvias. We can get them 
in small pots at the greenhouses, butthey 
are a little costly if we want very 
many. We can just as well grow a 
supply from seeds by starting them 
early in a box, and they will make finer 
plants than those we can buy. The rea¬ 
son for this is that the florist’s root cut¬ 
tings, which never 'make as pretty 
plants as the well-grown seedlings, 
though they begin blooming when a 
few inches high, while the seedling 
plant will be a large, bushy plant be¬ 
fore it begins to bloom. 
I have grown several of the finer 
sorts, I like Drooping Spikes because 
of the peculiar droop to the tips, but 
Bonfire is equally pretty. There are 
varieties with leaves spotted witn 
white, but I never cared for them- 
Plant the seeds early in a box of sou 
that has been heated to kill weed seeds, 
for they are rather slow to germinate. 
Set fresh seeds from a reliable house, 
for you will not stand much chance 
of getting good seeds otherwise. 
ample room to develop and keep them 
growing without much check, and yn 
will have plants ready to set when th 
weather is warm enough. They ar 
heat lovers, and should not be set out¬ 
side until settled warm weather.--’ 
Rachael Rae. 
A riot of color makes this corner of the garden a delight to the eye all 
through the blooming season 
