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CALIFORNIA GARDEl1SI

and so that watering and cultivating
can be carried on easily.
Among the blossoms chosen for the
cut flower garden are many old time
favorites whose splendid fitness for in
door decoration is recognized by flower
lovers Of today.
The asters and Zinnias and marigolds
and dahlias are foremost on the list or
blooms most wanted; then there are
verbena and sweet william and wall
flowers, TO say nothing of stocks, sweet
rocket and towering sage.
Pinks and carnations, like many of
the other flowers that are especially de-
sirable for cutting. are not attractive
on the plant, as the foliage is insig-
nifcant and the habit of growth spin
ding and topheavy. Corn flowers
share in this disadvantage in the gar
den, and the gaillardia is another plant
Of which the blossom is emphatically
the best part.
Roses of many different colors and
kinds would need to form a separate
division by themselves. Daisies and
chrysahthemums would. of course, be
included in any collection of flowers
for cutting, and so would nasturtiums
forget-me-nots, violets and pansies.
To be sure, the flowers would not all
blossom at the same time; but so much
the better, for with these, and perhaps
few others, there would be a success
sion of bloom throughout the year.
good many bulbs will need to be
planted in the garden If 1t is to be at
all complete, and of these none is pret-
tier or easier to raise than the poly
anthus narcissus, which is very fra
grant in addition to its other charms.
The poets narcissus and daffodiIs, hya-
cinths and tulips, Spanish iris, fresias
and lilies are all too attractive to be
omitted, and so are spirea, snowdrops
and the graceful, waxen lily of the val
ley
This is the time of year for planting
bulbs, in fact, the sooner they are in
the ground now the better will be their
display in the early spring.
If you are thinking Of devoting GER
tain part Of your garden to flowers
raised for cutting prepare the ground
at once. A sandy loan is best, in which
the water will not lie and become stag
nant and for this reason, If the soil is
heavy and clayey, a certain amount OF
sand should be mixed with It. Into this
soil well decomposed manure or bone
meal should be thoroughly worked, so
that 1t will not come into direct contact
with the bulbs. The depth at which
bulbs should be planted is about pro-
portionate to their size; the largest
lilies are set eight inches deep, and the
six inches below ground, while the lit
tie crocuses and snowdrops only re-
Quire three inches of earth above them.
OF course, the larger bulbs are planted
farther apart than the smaller ones;
lilies are spaced about II inches apart,
hyacinths eight and snowdrops three
inches.
Many of the flower seeds will also do
far better If planted now than If left
until spring. Among these are the sweet
peas and pansies, daisies. sweet will
liam and stocks, Canterbury bells, fox
glove, hollyhocks, asparagus. snap
dragon, coreopsis and mignonette.
Have the earth for these seeds well
pulverized and enriched and SOW them
in rows a foot or more apart, according
to the size of the plant when full
grown. Cover the seeds with thin
layer OF pulverized earth. and as soon
as the plants are large enough to be
handled thin them out and transplant
those which are removed to fresh rows,
spacing them eight inches or more
apart II the season is dry they Will
need to be watered daily, as the earth
around them must be kept slightly
moist, though not wet. The sweet will
liam, foxglove and Canterbury bells
will not bloom until the second year
from seed, but IT would be a pity to
leave them out OF the garden on ac-
count of the little extra care that they
will require.