The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-22

Jumps with a rake, add a two-inch
layer OF old, black manure, raking it
we'll in 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 dam
ger of hurting the plants with bone
meal.
A we'll defined plan for the summers
garden is no small step toward its sue
cess, and one carefully outlined upon
! paper is likely to materlallZe 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 to frost, not forgetting that
| good cultivation and flower go hand IN
hand. Shakespeare must have had some
experience, for he tells us, Flowers are
slow, while weeds make haste"
Beginning with a bulb I'D of the
previous autunn's planting, the snow
drops will often bloom while the
ground is white with snow. Combined
with chionodoxas and scillas, beauti-
full effect follows, and a succession of
crocus, narcissuses, tulips and hyacinths,
which may be over-sown with shallow
rooted ANIMALS later, fushes the spring.
time with the flowers that give promise
of the full tide that may follow, crowd
ing one another in rapid succession,
overlapping as to their blooming sea-
son, and over-running in a delightful
tangle if mixed paintings are made in
a continuous bed or border. With suf-
fcient space, shrubs when once estab-
lished afford basketfuls of flowers in
their season-delightfu1 ones if such
shrubs as Persian lilacs-for greatest
profusion of their delicious fower-be
planted. Other lilacs, too, for varied
beauty. and Japan SNOWFALL, Philadel-
plus Commonly styled mock orange
and syringa), weigelias, spirea. Van
Houtteii specially, and the hardy by
drangeas, along with the deutzias. With
limited space, there may be a border, or
angles in walks and buildings, planted
with hardy perennials.
Hardy Perennials
Among the very best of these for
striking effect, as we'll as for free flow
ering qualities, are 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 (delphiniums) in
richest, darkest blue as we'll as delicate
shades, bloom from June until frost,
and from early spring-sown seed the
towering foxglove in many shades is
striking for masses or background. This
proves too tender for the northwest,
however. with good protection. The
sturdy, iron-clad columbines (aqui-
legia), moonpenny daisies, Scotch and
also the May pinks, along with the ever
blooming sort, prove a success every
where. Loftier specimens are found in
Rudbeckia golden-glow, the old-fash-
toned single hollyhocks (surpassing the
double ones for effect. the mammoth,
fringed Allegheny hollyhock, far more
beautiful as far as its range of color
extends, and more unique in its
ragged" or fringe defect, and the new
smaller lowered sunfowers, silver
lcaved, ''cut-ahd-come-agai thou
sand-fowered" and nultiforous. These
sunfowers 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 the hollyhocks and golden-gIow
lend themselves admirably. Golden
glow in moist, rich soil. bears hun
dreds of large golden yellow flowers
resembling cactus dahlias, artistic for
cut-fower effects Plants, only, Of this
can be procured, but if one is willing to
wait until a second year, many of the
pcrennials may be easily grown from
seeds. These include hollyhocks, fox
gloves, the Scotch and the May pinks,
sweet Williams. perennial phiox. iberis
(hardy candytuft) and columbines. The
remainder bloom first year from seeds.
So do the low-growing and fragrant
forget-me-nots, pansies and cver-bloom-
ing hardy pinks. all of which are ex-
quisite for cutting and should be grown
in beds or patches in halfshaded posi-
tons, with the exception of the ever
blooming pinks, which require more
sun. The seeds of those Towering the
second season may be planted in some
place apart from the flower beds-in the
vegetable garden, for instance, where
they may be given steady cultivation.
It is a good plan to plant them in rows,
for ease in cultivation and that they
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