. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BENE and are placed 3 in. apart in a narrow trench. These edgings must be renewed each year, as the plants, if they grow well, spread too wide, or irregularly. In dry summers many roots fail, and if they remain in the same spot year after year, the Us. will degenerate to the single condition. The simplest wav o
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BENE and are placed 3 in. apart in a narrow trench. These edgings must be renewed each year, as the plants, if they grow well, spread too wide, or irregularly. In dry summers many roots fail, and if they remain in the same spot year after year, the Us. will degenerate to the single condition. The simplest wav of propagating and growing Eng- Diisies for --King beddmg in country is to the seed in shallow boxes about August io. As as large enough to handle, transplant 5 inches apart into coldtrames and when the winter sets in put on the sash giving air wht never the weather may be mild Transplant to the flower beds as early as pos- sible in the spring where in a very short time they will be a mass of bloom and will continue to bloom till the beginning of June when they should be thrown out, and the summer bedding plants planted Lnngf II iw ind Snowball 220 Begonia Rex (See Begonia p 151 ) Single row but the favorite cultivated forms are double the rays rising in tier upon tier and frequently crowd mg out every trace of a yellow center. The Daisy is essentially a pink or pinkish fl. in its general effect, the tips of the rays sometimes and the under surfaces usually being pink or red. There are 27 species in the genus, only one of which is American. B. integ- rifolia is found in moist soil from Ky. and Tenn. to Ark. and Tex., but is too rare and sectional to become a general favorite. The plant is most commonly called Daisy in Amerira i-- Cli'ru' themum. For an ilhi^tr-!. â ! < ;, â âf the various plants known as Daisiis in \ ,. Daisy. Daisies are favorite ! ; .n, . .ml are much used in spring bedding, espniall;, i r .,a-iii-. They thrive in
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