The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-10

Jumps with rake, add a two-inch
layer of old, black manure, raking it
well i'll and leaving the surface both
smooth and level. In the absence of
manure, sprinkle over the beds enough
bone-meal to whiten the surface, work
ing it in with the rake, There is no dan
ger Of hurting the plants with bone
meal.
A well defined plan for the summers
garden is no small step toward its Sue
cess, and one carefully outlined upon
paper is likely 10 materialize with bet
ter results than by haphazard arrange
ment evolved while planting With a
wise selection from reliable lists of
plants and seeds. one may have flowers
from frost 70 frost, not forgetting that
good cultivation and flower SO hand in
hand Shakespeare must have had some
experieuce, for he tells us, Flowers are
slow, while weeds make haste"
Beginning with a bulb d OF the
previous aulumns anting, the snow
drops will often bloom while the
ground is white with snow Combined
with chionodoxas and scillas, beauti-
ful effect follows, and succession OF
crocus, narcissuses, tulips and byacinths
which may be over-sewn with shallow
rooted annuals later, Aushes the spring
time with the flowers that give premise
a the full tide that may follow crowd
lug one another in rapid succession,
overlapping as to their blooming sea
son, and oversrunnng IN a delightful
taUg'e il mixed paintings are made in
i continuous bed or border With suf-
iicicnt space. shIrbs wien once cslab-
lished afford basketfuls OF flowers in
their eason---delig ones if such
shrubs as Persian lilacs for greatest
proiusiou Of their delicious nower-b bs
planted Other lilacs. too. for varied
beauty. and Japan snowfall, Philadel-
phus Commonly styled mock orange
and syringa), weigelas, spirea, Van
lIouttci specially and the hardy hy-
drangeas along with the deutzas With
limited space. there may be border, or
angles in walks and buildings, painted
with hardy pcrennials.
Hardy Perennials
Among the very best Of these for
striking effect. as well as for free flow
ering qualities, arc the hardy phloxes,
the earliest Of these beginning to bloom
the latter part Of May and continuing
until after hard frosts if faded flower
heads are removed to prevent seeding;
giant hardy larkspurs (dclphiniums) in
richest, darkest blue as we'll as delicate
shades, bloom from Juno until frost,
and from early spring sown seed; the
towering foyg'oyc in many shades is
striking for masses Or background This
proves too tender for the northwest,
however. with good protection. The
sturdy, iron cad columbincs (aqui-
lcgia). moonpenny daisies, Scotch and
also the May pnks, along with the ever
blooming sort, prove success every
where Loft;cr specimens are found in
Rudbcckia golden-glcw, the old-fash-
ioned single ho'lyhoeks (surpassing the
double ones FOR cfect). the mammoth,
fringed Allegheny hollyhock, far more
beautiful rs far as its range OF color
extends and more unique in its
ragged or fringe defect, and the new
smaller lowered sunhowcrs. silver
eavcd 'cut-and conc-again" thou
sand-nowcrcd' and nultinorous, These
sunnowcrs in creamy and golden
shades furnish masses Of flowers for
cutting and are adapted to massing and
also to masking fences. to which pur-
pose he holyhocks and goldeu-glow
lcud themselves admirably. Golden