The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-07

in securing a buuntiful supply Of bios
SONS. Plant the seed rather deep, about
six inches, and even If there are rather
severe April frosts they viii not be
armed Even the little furries of snow
that we may have this month, and
the certainty of cold nights, have no
retarding effect on the sweet pea vines
or seeds, and it is important that the
vines should be as tall and vigorous as
possible before the heat of Summer
comes. if one would have an abundance
of lowers.
And where will you find a lovelier lit
tie flower than the sweet pea?s 1t is so
easy of cultivation, SO hardy. and SO
prolific in bloom, that the most mex
perienced of amateurs must succeed with
1T. 1t is just the thing with which to
cover up some unsightly strip of black
fence. Amateurs should know that there
is no flower with which they can be
more generous than the sweet pea. Don't
be afraid to cut off every flower every
day if you please. for there will be Just
as many for you the next day; but
If you are stingy with them and don't
cut them off, the blooming season VIZ
be short.
what to plant and where to plant is
the question of the hour. Shall a bush
or vine be placed here or elsewhere
Where is the list of flowers noted aast
Summer with the firm resolve not to for
get to purchase them this season? n
do the catalogues say, Is there any
thing new in them that IS desirable TO
ACQUIRE? Will the same OF
beds be continued this year. or VIII an
other be necessary? Here is an oppor-
tun:ty for a display of taste and ex-
pression in the combination of different
kinds of plants for their foliage ana dos
SONS. some prefer hardy plants as re-
curing but little care and relieving Inc
drudgery Of constant a~t-ent.on;otper ae-
sire lilies and roses; with others her-
baceous ~perennials are the favorlfes,
while some cenfne almost their entire at
tention to the pretty and varied ANIMALS.
And now, before the rush OF the plant
ing season, is the time TO study the pos
sibilities of the flower garden. no matter
how small it may be. and decide upon
the plants to be cultivated.
No arbitrary rules can be given that
will answer in all cases, for no two
gardens can be exactly the same but
should show the owners likes and pref
erences. The culture of flowers is now so
general that the omission of either flow
er bed or garden from the home sur
roundings always excites comment, II
there is any space at all for the growth
of plants.
The art of gardening has of late years
shown as great improvement as any
other branch of human endeavor, and
il has this advantage over most social
arts and sciences, that one need not be
rich to thoroughly enjoy it.
Plant freely, plant boldly this year.
Any mistakes made can be easily recti-
fed. and the knowledge gained from
experience viii probably be longer re-
membered than that learned from books.
Have a variety Of things, a diversity Of
color 10 please the eye, a combination of
bloom to fill every month of the year.
If there is space ave shrubs and vines,
perennials and ANIMALS, hedges and trei-
Uses of roses, cIumps and beds of lilies;
have beds of geraniums, of pansaes, OF
tuberous begonias, of sweet-scented
thyme and lavender; have the hardy
phloxes, the stately dahlias, the graceful
cosmos, the low growing alyssium and
mignonette, the snowy chrysanthemums,
and the beautiful, tender sweet tea
roses. Let the home garden be like the
house fnside-fafr to look upon, well pro-
portioned. and full of good things. And
by carefully studying the garden ar
rangement and suitable plants in the
early Spring. be ready with early orders,
to give the bloomers an early start be-
fore the hot Summer days.
poor grill she evidently doesn't know
what dreadfully bad form she is. Some
one ought to tell her. /. nave a good
mind to do it myself, Often one hears
these words on the lips of matrons and
mothers in the ballroom as some young
woman prances by with frantically shak-
ing right hand and ~frantica1ly bending
knees. thinking, poor thing, that these
movements are the proper caper in the
waltz.
The young woman herself would real
lie her mistake In a moment if she could
fortunately, she cannot do. The chape-
ron is too occupied or too kind-hearted-l
a mistaken kindness-to point out her
shortcomings. Therefore, the thougnt-
less damsel makes herself the observed
of all observers In an unenviable way,
and places her partner On a gridiron for
a bad quarter Of an hour at least.
Hoydenism of any kind cannot pass UNI