St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-15
THE FLOWER GARDEN
Can BE Made Success, Even if
the Summer Is Not as Long as
Desired.

can be maze a success, Even II
the Summer Is Not as Long as
Desired.
Special Letter to the Globe.
FOUNTAIN, Mimi, April 5.-If those
that make a flower garden of an
nuals would have the best results, they
would see how short time they have
for the enjoyment of the blossoms
which give them such short-lived
beauty.
They complain because Minnesota
summers are so short, and never seem
to be aware Of the real truth of the
matter. 1t lies with themselves to
make their flower garden long or short
success, and their efforts must apply the
bulbs aud perennial plants, to
be followed all the summer by
the annals that will begin to bloom
about August, and continue until the
hard frosts end their days OF pleasure to
us, and their beauty has persisted for
ever. This is q good time. according to
a belief of many good old German ladies
that l have met, and have seen the
beautiful superstition entertained by
them-that flower seeds
SOWN IN THE NEW MOON
will do the best, and when the first
quarter of the moon has passed, SOW
the seeds of the double flowers, and the
beauty of such blossoms is increased,
or will be improved; but all the old
pans about the house can be filed with
soil and used to start flower seeds into
growth. and have them ready to trans
plant into the garden quite early.
In setting out or transplanting any
kind of plants let 1t be done after the
sun has disappeared in the west, as the
plants are at rest, or, as we sometimes
say, they have gone to sleep. A careful
Watching of plants will show you that
some plants will fold their leaves to-
gether, others will droop, and will seem
to be dying. A curious instance of the
folding of the leaves is displayed by the
acaciaS; cassia and the well-known SEN
sitive plant are splendid examples, as
well as many other plants.
In transplanting make a good sized
excavation and fill with water, set the
plant in with the soil that adheres to
the roots, and holding 1t in place by
leaf or two set into the water and fill
in these very carefully, giving it time
to settle in and among the finest roots.
When this process of transplanting has
been fully acquired, and can be done
rapidly, there will be no giving up, as
no loss of plants Will occur, and the
speed and ease of transplanting will
surprise you.
To one that has become familiar with
this :mode, it's nothing for him to set
out plants all day while the sunshine
warns the air almost to being sultry.
THE BEE CULTURIST
will find great help in the feeding Of
his pets by sowing a gOOdly bed or Dor
der with cleOme grandifiOra, beauti-
full and curious member of the class of
plants that fold their digltate leaves
after shutdown and go to sleep.
1t is tall-growing, with spikes of pink
purple flowers, and the seeds can be
SOwn early in the month of April, as it
is one of the most hardy ANNALS, re-
quiring only good soil to grow in and
the weeds kept out. 1t can be left to
seed itself and save the trouble of say
ing seeds unless one feels safer in saw
ing the seeds every fall and sowing
every spring. l always let them self
SOW, and my neighbors' bees made
music for my ears in the hours that l
passed with my garden pets.
There is no florist that know of that
does not keep the seeds of this plant for
sale, and l am or shall be looking for
seeds of this plant among seedsmen and
florists this spring. if / do not forget it
with the multiplicity of so many things
to do.
| wonder where the correspondents
that | used to have in this state are
now? Have the years Obliterated all
memory of me from their minds?
Mrs. MARTHA CRANDALL.