Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-12
AUNT SERENA'S LOVE OF FLOW
 FRS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters; About this time of year, it makes no differ ence whether it be warm or cold, begin to feel the approach of that malady common to Womankind-the hOuse-cleaning fever
 No doubt, most of you already have it, So you know how disagreeable it is. Well, I've been very busy with sewing, etc, but TOW l mean to get at the cleaning right away and finish as quickly as possible.
 By the middle of April, or before, if ] can, l want to be free from the extra hOus ewor< and ready for gardening. Am planning to have more flowers than ever this year; but think I shall re- strict myself to two varieties, as. for example, sweet peas and asters. They will make q good showing in the gar den and give quantities for cutting.
 I am speaking of annua1s. of course, for those will not be the only flowers l shall have.
 My house plants, when put out of doors. will make a fine showing, and there will be perennials and I intend to add number of varieties to the ones l already have in my hardy bor- der
 It seems to me that most people do not pay enough attention to the hardy plants; but depend altogether too much on the annuals for their flowers. To me it seems much better to plant each year IS many hardy varieties as the purse will allow; and in few years che will have a garden that will snowdrops, crocus and danodils of ear ly spring to the hardy chrysanthe- m1Hns that will bloom almost until the snow flies.
 When 1t is possible, 1t is best to buy seeds instead of plants, as 1t costs so much less; and 8 five or ten cent packet of seeds will give quantities of plants.
 ture, instead of buying each color sep arate; and so save the price of several packets.
 Many of the hardy flowers will blos- som the first year from seed. The sec ond year, being well established, they will bloom earlier, and if the border is kept free from weeds, well-hoed and fertilized, the clumps will grow larger and stronger each year.
 Some of the sweetest flowers, to my mind, are the old-fashioned ones, such as our grandmothers raised. These we rarely see catalogued, but many of us may be lucky enough to find them in some neighbours garden; and most people are usually willing to exchange. Every garden should have clumps of the sweet et-scented day lilies, both yell low and white, southern wood, grass pinl<s and peonies. spider lilies and tiger lilies, sweet williams and for The co1unfbines, double white and double blue, are lovely flow CTS; also. the monks hood, bleeding heart, fever-few and polyanthus.
 Hardy p11lox, to my mind, Is more desirable than the annual ptlox and root of the golden glow will be a joy forever. These are all perfectly hardy and are all worth planting, There are many moro hardy varie- ties which the plant lover will enjoy fefreting out in the catalogues for the PeFeaniais are not all listed together, fer some are listed as seeds, some
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 Am afraid the Editor is drowning at this long letter. but I de want to ask Ma If her initials are E. F. M.7 Am I right?
 Alss, Experience. are yeu the epe wine wrote the letter signed Who 7- the diseeveFeF of the fourth prize?
 Mentvilie Lassie. l aEa net so old but like flowers and young folks fthsy SC esEsthsr1. and # thought