The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21

Jumps with rake, add a two-inch
layer of old, black manure, raking it
well in and leaving the surface both
smooth and level. In the absence of
manure. sprinkle over the beds enough
bonc-meal to whiten the surface, work
ing il 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 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 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 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, bcauti-
full effect follows, and a succession OF
crocus, narcissuses, tulips and hyaoinths,
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 oyer-running in delightful
tanglc # mixed paintings are made in
a continuous bed or border. With suf-
hoient space. shrubs when once estab-
lished afford basketfuls of flowers in
their season-delightful ones if such
shrubs as Persian lilacs-for greatest
profusion of their delicious hower-be
planted. Other llacs. too, for varied
beauty. and Japan SNOWFALL, Philadel-
phus Commonly styled mock orange
and syringa), weigelas, spirea. Van
Houttcii specially and the hardy hy-
drangeas, along with the deutzias. With
limited space, there may be border, or
angles in walks and buildings, planted
with hardy pcrennials,
Hardy Peronniale
Among the very best of these for
striking effect. as we'll as for free how-
cring 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 lorkspurs (delphinIums) in
richest, darkest blue as well 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
prove, 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
where. Loftier specimens are found in
Rudbeckia goldcn-glow, the old-fash-
ioned single hollyhocks (surpassing the
double ones for efecD. the mammoth,
fringed Allegheny hollyhock, far more
beautiful a, far as its range of color
extends. and more unique in its
ragged or fringe defect. and the new
smaller lowered sunAowers, silver
leaved, "cut-and-eome again. thou
snnd-howered" and mutihorous. 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-glow
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 il one is willing to
wait until second year. many Of the
perennials may be easily grown from
seeds. These include hollyhocks, fox
gloves, the Scotch and the May pinles.
sweet Williams, perennial phlox, iberis
(hardy candytuft) and columbines. The
remainder bloom first year from seeds
So do the low-growing and fragrant
forget t-me-nots, pansics and ever-bloom-
ing hardy pinks. all OF which are ex-
quisite for cutting and should be grown
in beds or patches in halfshadcd posi-
tions, 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
1t is good plan to plant them in rows,
for ease in cultivation and that they
may be more readily distinguished from