The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
PLANS FOR GARDEN
SHOULD BEGIN
VERY EARLY.

thinking or your flower gardens thess
hrst spring days? Perhaps you have a
Few treasured seed catalogues tucked
away IN corner Of your sewing box.
where you pull them forth for a sur
repuriOus thought ABOUT summer. al
though you know It's many weeks yss
before the flower bed OF y0ur magma
ton EiL blossom.
why not try something really new
this year for your garden2 II YOUR
geTanlQms or canEas or whatever else
II IS that you've had for years dfdn'r
turn ous well. It's possible mat the SOL
IS getting TOO poor for them. That mar
l4cliar kind OF plant may have used al
Sagfs loeIisllnenL that your little plot
One enthusiastic suburbarite. who
uc@Lly t"Fes AVr own back yard, had q
most wonderful assortment of flower,
otus last year by planning months be-
forenanu just where everything Ms -
go II 50 disappointing 10 hnd that the
LO5epAQ you I2Q planned takes about
w. me spare mat your yard affords.
y- mat your splendid cannas are os1fts
nloo=n by the close clothes reel
30 TINS woman had her husband draw
q plan Of their Tot for her. with tha
sltaOS9 LeAen Up Dy the house. ash bar
4el ctc9el anu clothes line marked or
el-u Iile dimensions carefully reckoned.
men she took this map and drew in f-
- ms ol -ne gardens she intended
90 With the points Of the c0mDass go
she TOOK into consideration the Sba6ouT
cast by me Dtck fence. the winds ard
az Jle rest that the hover lover nausr
count on
The seed catalogues told her iuse
mere e2cn hOwer would grow beEt
ana the whole arrangement vas ruTIcF
simpler than experimenting and befn-
. disappointed, as many women are no
lnelr gardening. So many DeOuIa Corr
pam mat gardening Is extensive brl-
. THIS woman hasn't found il go. thoueh
80 So rs - a yard that IS known far and
near Tor its beauty
90 in for shrubs said she s-5a-
-a,-se -Aet last from yeah 10 year They
/ cost more N the beginning bur one
boo& shrub viii last a lifetime a17
needs very little care. Exoti-s a'r5 -
specimens are what cost so much IN 80
ue--LlS- II All nonsense 70 say r. a
/ - d1- - expensive II one is willing 70
Put a little labor into it. I 10 rT71reT
OF my clipping and wedding a~5 +r1-l-
II IS good Tor me -@ ------7-
,sNeXt 70 shrubs I find vines mos ST.
-S-Sc1oly' nave them about the celia
walls, though I never LEI them -
up INTO the house, as rha- r0zL-e 49,
WOOD decay Ny whole back fs--. -
covered WITH a WOOdbiue. Ike In Ts--
- - ct-Saa ne slnnoWers and hOllyhockS.
sFhlca many people use 10 r07Clsf
Til laIe fan. S|--1s
"Cannas, too, are very sa-fsrz~-,---
"
( season 70 season Any one who v-s-+-
= ZOO showing OF green this .s-rn1-7s-
Win very little expense or rroTTF.7s
should 90 IN for cannas Auorb.-- 49,
plant. especially IN a border among o+fa-
pants. = the asparagus fern When
-LIl "ealHeT comes just put your
grow" 1911 -
one secret % this woman.s S1coass
N having a home garden Is that So
plans far enough ahead 81 49, -
can carry out any original idea v-77iot7
occurs 10 her for arranging her plants
That's the beauty OF thinking abo-rr
your garden now A famous -a-5e-
expert has said you know. that rhs
greatest fault with American gardens
IS that they lack originality. PEOPLE
forget all about gardens til planting
time Is about over, and then they r7-s1
20 the florist and buy the same thing
that the Jones and the Browns are hsv-
INK. It's not TOO early now 10 make
your map and decide just what IS 10
grow in each corner.