The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
PHEASANT SUMNER WORK.
Planting q Garden ana Watchius the
Flowers Grow.

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Flowers Grow.
Not all flower lovers know how to raise
flowers and care for them, and few in-
structions on such matters will be &C.
cepta BILE to those who have tried raising
plants and have become discouraged
through lack Of success.
To get slips and root them Is a pretty
sure way to nave plants. If one under
stands them and attends faithfully to all
their needs.
There is no such thing as ''luck" in
raising plants. They call for intelligent
care and will respond nobly. But there
is more pleasure and delight in sowing
the seed and watching them grow aud
bloom than is to be obta ined in any other
way. Additions, begonias, lantanas, hell
otrope, vineas, lobelias, sweet alyssum
and ageratums are all good window-gar-
den flowers and easily raised from. seed:
Little boxes, about 8 inches long, 4 or s
inches wide and inches in depth, or
even shallow cigar boxes, are the best to
suitable, although three parts sandy loan
to one part wood soil is better.
Slft the soil through coarse sieve,
MI the box and rap on it gently to settle
the 'ln:s soil. then press it lightly and evenly
space between the soil and the ton Of
the box. Scatter the seeds over the sur
Iace, and if very fine do not cover them.
II the seed is coarse cover with q little
OF the sifted soil. Sprinkle with water,
but very gently, so as not to wash the
seeds out, and cover the box with a piece
or glass and set it where it will be warm.
treated IN this way the seeds will
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not wet. and when the plants have at
famed the third or fourth leaf transplant
them, placing them slightly deeper in the
sou imam they were before.
when they begin to grow give little
manure water once week, and, as they
heeu II, transfer to larger pots or the
Wlndow-hoxes where they are to remain,
10 make good window box use half.
men pine, and make it long enough and
VIDE enough to fit your window, and
nine or ten inches deep. Bore three
smaii holes at equal distances through
the bottom of the box and place a small
nat stone at each end and lay on these
q a. piece OF lath exactly over the holes.
Then fill in drainage of charcoal or
wood cinders even with the lath. md oft.
erward the soil. Charcoal in the soil
Keeps the earth from getting sour and
lmparts brilliancy to the flowers.
!, GROWING plants must be shaded
through the hottest part of the day aud
should, be showered frequently to keep
the foliage clean and bright, for plants
breathe through their leaves and cannot
keep good health when they are covered
with dust.
FOR back porch, or any other place
where vines are needed, wild cucumbers
grow quickly, and are exceedingly pretty.
Morning ,glories trained up porch or
wall, with sweet peas and nasturtiums
growing in front of them, are beautiful.
me gourd family. with the differently
ers, and are most interesting.
Where one has space which should he
filled with a tall, large, growing plant.
nothing is better for the purpose than A
castor beam
A handsome bower for backyard, and
one that will delight the children, is made
by long poles or sticks set into the ground,
wigwam fashion, with the ends coming
together and I'll tied near the top; Leave an
soil on the outside to the depth Of a foot
and the same in width; then morning
glory seed planted thickly around it and
trained carefully converts the Wigwam
into lovely and unique spot.
For Hover seeds, to SOW out of doors
IN May when the ground gets warm.
there is nothing better than the old-fash-
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sans, marigolds, verbenas, poppies, lark
spurs, bachelor buttons and dianthus--
garden pinks. These are all good flowers
for busy people, for they are sure to
come up and bloom early and late, and
once we'll started will require but little
care.
To save the trouble of transplantinc.
seed can be sown thickly, then thin out
and throw or give away what is not
needed.
The flower beds can be made circular.
oblong, diamond, star or heart-shaped.
When limited as to space a circular bed
Of pansies is beautiful and easily cared
for, and is better the second year than
the first. '-~s -
Ageratum Lasseau1i, bordered with
sweet alyssum is lovely for q companion
bed and makes a charming combination
Of rose color and white.
Try at least one novelty in flowers each
year; it is so interesting to watch the
growth and blooming of plant you arr.
acquainted with. Cleome Alba is novel
and beautiful, and grows readily from
seed. Some hanging plants and vines
will be pretty, and for baskets try the
moneywort, oxalis and saxifrage.
Good bracket plants are fuchias. WV.
leaf geranium, the ordinary single pe-
tunia and streptDsolen.
Seed-planting and flower growing are
most fascinating pastimes and make old
Melancholy himself forget his legitimate
business.