Telegram-herald., 1890-05-10
FLOWER BEDS


bedding plants such as petunias, hello
trope. ageratums, geraniums, coleus,
lobeliAs, pansies. sal Was. etc. These
plants will cost on an average one dol
lar per dozen and they should bs set out
in a double line one foot apart Thus
ono dozen plants will occupy space Of
six feet
To suppose that city man, especial
ly . Go,hanite. has a back yard that
can be used as q fower-garden is
stretching the imagination 20 the crack
ing point But in other cities there
may be available back yards and in
most other cities thcre arc front yards
which can easily be besutifed.
Suppose yoar vacant plet Of ground Ia
twenty-five By ifty feet In size. all tha
space not 20 DO occupIod By the fower-bed
should be scdded. leaving room for the
nscessAyJ walks TO the bed. This having
been done. lay out tho bed In the center
OF The plot In the form OF circle. with
diameter Of seven feet Within she
tnnsr circle plant French cannaS This
will ssks about sir plants. which will
cost o. 50. Plant the second circle With
srArtss geraniuns. taking twelve plans.
With will cost one dollar. The outer
ctrcls should bs planted with coleus
~.rscha6el.in. tAkiag ATTY plants. AZ q
cost Of three dollars. making . total Of
eH 20
Ths bed can be modified in form aud
ssrs 70 -uis the taste OF The designer.
A MORE xLAsoRArz DEsrGS.
Eow. -s viii suppose that the house.
o~n-r has a plat afty By ono hundred
fse. in size at his disposal He may
sfth-r have several small beds. similar
IA style 70 the one have described, or
~ be Be r-ry ambitious he can have ons
i.rgs bed Of shis style covering = larger
space and naturally increasing his va
ristJ q plinsa
Ts Is best "a rule 20 have comp.r,-
nvciy few oolors and few varieties oi
planss "a the snsteur viii have 70
study The habit OF each 81 these pl arts
and II The colors b very many, the
essc: By suy nischsace nay he spoiled
Such /, bed Ia described in Fig No A
A.. In Fig No. the lot should b
soddcd OF n that he rot practicable. ths
h~d should have a narrow border ~ sod
The plants should be distrihueed ~ fol-
lows.
-slens vsrscharelrfu Crfnsoa, a Ge-s-
mum General Grant or ether Scarlet. Ger
sn'nrn G1ren OlEs, Ptns.
Judging from ths cost u The bed Arss
described ths price ot shis bed nay -
calculated easily
AT such planting uinst necessarily b
- lei - -
course. sharply contrasting colors make
the ross stri kinz effects one inPor-
tan+ point in Al planting of this sort Is
~ trim he plants 50 that they shall
form clean defined lines. thst "a n
they in growing overlap ore another.
they must - rfa-hed back 80 tsst each
color shows clearly and Distinctly Vhsrs
theT meet also that the tcp growth -
o. rilcbed BACK thss he bed presents
smooth and even surface.
Persons vho 30 not have green scuses
can grow a good many piaas ready -
So Get in 30 spring In ths vindovr -
tss saste-n and scu shern skies - sheir
Housss. r. such -oc-rs sssr- rcS--saSr
warru
WINDOW sAEnESIxs
Window gardening dariaS ~ s>~~
rre- months "a rsie nc-s s1eo-sstul n
r~ef.uf sNan -fsh - o~inz - a usrs
-r-- pcrz-s ,iin'stc. snd hence is = she-.
sr---zt universally prscticed = 20
elrfos ssueci s3T. whers spac~ = eccno-
n -es. -he buildings So -lose togsshev
tas- -here "a -ften nc roon for s~en a
scar ~ z~ass ro se grown. ths cnlT