The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-06
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The welcome spring days are here again,
tie brightest, happiest time Of all the
year Now for the flower garden. What
shall we plant how shall we plant and
whens Where one has q large lawn or
garden they can SOW as many varieties OF
flowers as they choose, but for small gar
den 1t Is best to select those kinds that
bloom the most and the longest, for 1t Is
really Annoying to the amateur, after all
their time and trouble. to find they have
only planted the early, or the very laie
blooming sorts, that are only IN bloom Tor
few days, and soon gone. '"a
Ageratum is II pretty Mexican HOVER
and will give an abundance of blue floweib
until frost. Crepis baIbata and the golden
headed baritonia are two very carly sorts
aud continue to bloom until quite late in
The season. The DELPHI. .niums are one o.
the handsomest and most useful of MI our
plants. The double dwarf rocket (ajacS
nyacinthihorumJ is truly lovely the plants
pre from ten TO twenty inches high, and
densely covered with heavy spikes Of
double flowers, fine and rich in coloring.
| Centaurea (sweet SULTAN Is quite a curious
and II tractive plant in, garden the
blooms somewhat resemble basket 1llled
| to overiiowing. hence the name II some
| times has of basket plant. Candytuft is
one of our old garden favorites, but SO
much improved of late years as TO te
| scarcely recognizable. The candytuft
rocket Is one of the very BEST 1t blooms
atlndantly, and bears large trusses OF
| flowers OF dazzling whiteness. Mig
| nUnette Is sweet little plant and quite
| Indispensable for the bouquet maker. Two
years ago | grew the parsons tree mig
| nonette 1t Is truly giant; the flowers
are almost pure white, OF great fragrance,
and borne on. spikes from SIX INCHES & 70 a
foot or more in length the plant Is fully
| three feet high, blooms until frost
! D.anthus chinensis is one of the choicest
of our annual pinks; mine of last year
were very fine the flowers are extremely
double and rich in color!ng, andwill bloom
| the second yenI If the roots are slightly
protected during the winter. Those who
have never gown the longiilora four
O'Clock have missed II treat; they scarcely
resemble the common four-oclOcN, the
plants are Of more PROSTATE habits, and
the hover trumpctS are irom SIX TO nue.
inches long, pure, waNy white ana
very fragrant; carly in the evening
the plants present u beautiful appearance,
Gypruphelia muralis is II lovely dwarf an
nual; It's delicate, lind foliage and PINK,
sr;IIshape. HOwers are excellent for all
kmIs vi bouquets, suitable for border
Q rings or hanging baskets. There are
very few howcIS In cultivation that make
so dazzling u display uf beauty as led
ot the brilliant-colOred rOrtGlacu. Phlox
uIOmmondii Is one of our best ANIMALS for
all purltO-es they give n large variety Uf
to.nrS. and bloom abundantiy untilfrosi
Last y.ar grew thirteen distinct varle-
ties all Ia one bed, and they were lovely.
vrurira and aases art oil fnvorites of
I'll, and no garden Is perfect without them.
:, bed ~ p, ,tuniGs shOnld grncc every gar
tlsn, not only for their Dcaut-. but fer
their f faprance. a small bed viii scent a
whn'c garden. A few foliage plants nre
IN addition 10 the garden, and when not
convenient 10 obtain them from q green
house, few OF the ANIMALS may be sub.
sttnted. Ambrosia, sometimes called
Jerusalem oak" and by others known as
"Onk perlnium," Is n pretty foliage plant
with deeply indent,d leaves, somewhat
resembling an oak leaf strong and robust
In habit. md densely covered with leaves
and flowers from root to top-most brnnch
and very neat for dividing line. Perilla
for an ornamental foliage plant, is very
desirable II has broad, serrated leaf, Oi
"A dark metallic bronze, Is Of erect habit
and suitable for low hedge or fine for the
centre Of a bed. There are several varietie:
of nmaranthus cultivated for their foliage
which are really fine and rich In coloring
the cOlors will be more brilliant II planted
In moderately rich soil.-BIrs. \. A. w
IN Farm and Garden.