. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . gardeners or seedsmen who would agree on the details. Theseare suggestions rather than recommendations. It is alwayswell to set or sow more plants than are wanted, for there isdanger of loss from cut-worms and other causes. The generaltendency is to let the plants stand too close together at case of doubt, place plants described in books and cata-logues as very dwarf at six inches, those as medium-sized attwelve inches, very large growers at two f
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . gardeners or seedsmen who would agree on the details. Theseare suggestions rather than recommendations. It is alwayswell to set or sow more plants than are wanted, for there isdanger of loss from cut-worms and other causes. The generaltendency is to let the plants stand too close together at case of doubt, place plants described in books and cata-logues as very dwarf at six inches, those as medium-sized attwelve inches, very large growers at two feet, and thin them outif they seem to demand it as they grow. The plants in these lists are thrown intofour groups (rather than all placed togetherwith the numbers after them) in order toclassify the subject in the beginners mind. 6 to 9 inches apart Ageratum, very dwarf kinds. Alyssum. Asperula setosa. Cacalia. Candytuft. Clarkia, dwarf. Collinsia. Gysophila muralis. Kaulfussia. Larkspur, dwarf kinds. Linaria. 246. Wild phlox (P. Linum grandiflorum. maculata), one of the Lobelia Erinus. Mignonette, dwarf kinds. ^j garden 258 MANUAL OF GARDENING
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