. Dreer's 1913 garden book. till a fourth ideal,—the growing for gathering orpicking. If you want many flowers for house decoration andto give away, then grow them at one side in regular rows as youwould potatoes or sweet corn. Harvest them in the same spiritthat you would harvest string beans or tomatoes; that is whatthey are for. You do not have to consider the looks of yourgarden. You will not be afraid to pick them. When you haveharvested an armful your garden is not despoiled. I like each planl in its season. China Aster is a fall early summer I want Pansies or Candytufts and ot
. Dreer's 1913 garden book. till a fourth ideal,—the growing for gathering orpicking. If you want many flowers for house decoration andto give away, then grow them at one side in regular rows as youwould potatoes or sweet corn. Harvest them in the same spiritthat you would harvest string beans or tomatoes; that is whatthey are for. You do not have to consider the looks of yourgarden. You will not be afraid to pick them. When you haveharvested an armful your garden is not despoiled. I like each planl in its season. China Aster is a fall early summer I want Pansies or Candytufts and other earlyor quick bloomers. For the small amateur garden greenhousesand hotbeds are unnecessary, and they are usually in the are enough kinds of annuals that may be sown directly inthe open ground, even in New York, to fill any garden. Allthose I have mentioned are such. I should get early effects withkinds of plants that naturally are early. Let everything have itsseason. Do not try to telescope the months.(56). Fouk OClocks, or Makvel op Pkiu, in a Fence. I have sown China Asters in the open ground in early June,in New York State, and have excellent fall bloom. Thingscome up quickly and grow rapidly in May and June. Theyhurry. Die spring bloom you are not to expect from you are to get from perennials,—the spring bulbs, softbleeding-hearts, spicy pinks, bright eyed polyanthuses andtwenty more. Make the soil rich and fine and soft and deep, just as youwould lor radishes or onions. There are some plants for whichthe soil can be made too lich, of course, but most persons do noterr in this direction. The finer and more broken down the ma-nure the better. Spade it in. Mix it thoroughly with the the soil is clay-like, see that fine manure is thoroughly mixedwith the surface layer to prevent baking. Watering is an exacting labor, and yet half of it is usuallyunnecessary. The reasons why it is unnecessary are two: Thesoil is so shallowy prepared that
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