The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-06
She @aiIg Atsns.
Thursday, March 6, 1873.
Written for TUE ARGUs.
Gardening for Ladies'

hardening tor LhoASS
(Treatneat Of lSeed@l
The lepgthenine days and the almanac
are almost Che only reminders that spring
l. bere hu, II Is not an hour too early to
,rnr.re Ear the flower garden. THERE'S no
prevailing impression which is more erro-
neous than that beautiful garden is only
within reach Of those who have wealth, or
leisure, and if can only persuade one
farmers or artizan's wife that, with very
little time and money, she can make her
home the admiration Of every passer-by |
shall be happy, If the fence is a rude
one il can be made elegant by training
vines over it, leading them up by strings
OF narrow strips of cloth. | once Ind an
unightly fence by fastening tomato vines
against il. when they not only bore pro
fusely, but we're very ornamental sweet
peoS or morning glories are beautiful for
this nurposc The first thing would
earnestly recommend is TO bug seeds and
plants do not depend entirely on the gen
crosby of friends any more than YOU would
for your daily bread it is far pleasanter
10 be- able 10 exchange than to always DC
the recipient OF favors.
Those FIRST commencing Horticulture, or
unaeauainted with flowers should not at
tempt ~ make their own selection, but
send b, some reliable dealer for collec-
ton Of seeds which may be purchased Tor
from ono /, Eve dollar, the first sum
bringing twenty choicc varieties, aud the
latter amount one hundred kinds selected
by the superior skill and experience vi
florists. twenty-five cents is very small
sum 10 pay for the elegant catalogue Of u.
n. Bliss & Sou, Of % Park Place, New Y ork
City, or that Of James Wick, OF Rochester
y Y. now issued quarterly for that price ;
and they contain 50 much information with
regard to planting aud cultiyatiug flowers
laying out gardcn-, making hot beds hlral
decorations, etc, besides the list ut seeds.
that any one who cultivatcs u foot Of
ground cannot afford % do without one OF
both To enclose quarter t1 either of
the firms mentioned, aud carefully study
the catalogues when received is the very
best advice from one who knows from q
pleasant personal experience. BY circU.
lating your catalogue among your friends
aud neighbors, a large order may be col
lected which lessons the prices, as for ev-
cry A. sent SO worth Of seeds may be Sc
lertrl
Chr western springs are SD yanahly,
that the hest ptccpsa atteBds wanting M
seed beds in boxes. Saw in two soap or
shoe box. in each half put fine bose earth
about three inche, deep make smooth and
draw lines a,russ little more than ninch
apart Drop the seeds sparsely IN these
little burrows, every variety separate, and
where each begins put thin stuck with
the name written upon 1t with a lead pen
cil Sitt n mere dust Of earth over fine
seeds like petumes, and cover Others deep.
er according to size. When all are plant
ell water well with fine rose watering pot
or IL YOU have none dip a hairbrush in
water and drawing the finger across it the
moisture will fall in fine mist Cover
with paues of glass or oil some paper and
place over the boxes setting them in par
tial shade or the sun will Seoreh the seeds
Water whenever the earth seems dry I'm
less you have unusual facilities Of ligh
and heat and plenty Of time do not plan
even in boxes till the last of April or tn,
first Of May for the seedlings viii grow
weak and pupy when started in the hcus,
with the conyenicnces and care most ar,
able to give them and will never becom,
stout and healthy plants If you plan
your seeds in the open ground, liable to b
washed bare by peltiug rains aud burned u
by the hot sunshine and drought whic
often follows, do not blame the florist 70
selling poor seeds, for the probability i,
not one variety out Of twenty will bea
such trials. The dealers have mention
ed would NOT knowingly send out ba
seeds, sooner than pass counterfeit money
and years of experience have taught III
that when my seeds failed to terminate
was through some fault Of my own whic
could be distinctly traced by reflection.
know Of no ANIMALS which cannot be su
cessfully transplanted from seed bed
though some ara more difficult to manal
than others, Of which We will converi
anon FLORA TRENIAISE.