Fragrance in the Garden 
During recent years the use of fra- 
grant plants in the garden has been 
overlooked. Fragrant flowers are es- 
pecially useful near seats, porches, 
terraces and other spots where they 
will add an aroma to the air. Of 
course, they are excellent to per- 
fume bouquets. 
One of the best known of the frag- 
rant flowers is the Nicotiana or 
Flowering Tobacco. They are used 
to perfume gardens and are espe- 
cially fragrant at night. Mignonette 
is grown exclusively for the sweet 
scent as the flowers are not showy. 
It is superb. Stocks and Wallflowers 
are exceedingly sweet scented, and 
Sweet Peas, of course, get their 
name from the odor. All of these are 
fine in the garden or in bouquets. 
Many other flowers are sweet scent- 
ed and when grown in beds or 
masses will perfume quite an area. 
Nasturtiums, Petunias, Candytuft, 
Scabiosa, and Sweet Alyssum are 
among these. Carnations are frag- 
rant but their use as specimens does 
not cause the odor to be noticed 
except in flower arrangements. Pinks 
are strongly spice scented and a 
mass of them produces a pleasing 
aroma for some distance. 
For the intimate spots in your gar- 
den, where you sit down to just 
enjoy it, plan to plant some of these 
fragrant flowers to increase your 
pleasure. 
The Drive and Property Line 
This narrow strip is often a very 
nice place for a long flower border. 
A low effect may be had by plant- 
ings of balcony petunia, portulaca, 
and sweet alyssum. Or a hedge-like 
effect is easy to get with kochia, 
four o’clocks, zinnias, or marigolds. 
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ZINNIA, Dahlia Elewersd 
For Successive Sowings 
Some of the annuals which come 
into bloom quickly keep blooming 
for only a little while. If you want 
them in bloom through the season, 
make several successive sowings at 
two to four week intervals. Flowers 
in this class include: 
Calliopsis Larkspur 
Candytuft Love-in-a-mist 
Cornflower Mignonette 
Forget-me-not Poppy 
Gypsophila Zinnia 
Easy Annuals to Grow 
We are often asked to recommend 
annuals for growing without much 
care, particularly around summer 
cottages used only on week ends, 
or where the soil is poor. We sug- 
gest Calliopsis, Gaillardia, Mari- 
gold, Petunia, annual Phlox, Sca- 
biosa, Verbena and Zinnia. These 
usually bloom profusely without care 
or extra watering, though some water 
applied when seed is sown will often 
insure germination. Annuals are es- 
sentially sun-loving plants and there 
are comparatively few members of 
this group which 
will thrive in even 
partial shade. In 
selecting a site for 
the annual garden 
or flower border it 
is well to choose an 
open, sunny, loca- 
tion. 
PETUNIA 
Prima Donna 
Why Folks Like to Buy 
Garden Supplies Here 
We don't have any monopoly on the Garden 
Supplies we sell, Quite a few of them can 
be bought in many other stores. 
But good gardeners still prefer to buy 
here, because this is a real garden store. 
Here every transaction is a friendly deal 
between gardeners. Here we try our best 
to deliver something more than just mer- 
chandise. 
That's because 
proud of it! 
we're SEEDSMEN—and 
WE INVITE YOU TO COME IN 
AND BROWSE AROUND 
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= CTITHONIA, 
Torch 
