The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
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Home Gardening

The housewife who must assume the
tnnumerable duties OF housekeeping
and rearing a family frequently sac
rihces her cherished dream OF a flower
garden to the everyday demands made
upon her time and energies. This Is
grave mistake. for there Is nothing
quite SO restful or SO conducive to
health as garden.
The busy woman should spend a por-
ton OF each day cultivattng flowers,
and her tired nerves will quickly re-
spond to the change OF occupation.
Suppose you have only a small back
yard; you can border this with now
er bed plant vines or climbing roses
TO Chamber over the fence. and spend
few hours each day wedding the beds
or watering the thirsty plants. Aside
from the pleasure gained In this man.
ner. you can supply the house with
flowers cut from your garden
II you do not care to purchase young
plants from the nursery. seeds should
be sown early using seed pans or
boxes FOR this purpose This Will
prove extremely interesting to your
family from the time the seeds frst
break ground until they are ready for
transplanting 10 the garden 1t ia
much TOO late TO plant seeds at the
present time. but next year you can
experiment In this direction.
II you have not already started your
small garden plot, there Is yet time to
purchase strong, healthy plants AZ tho
florists. and these are not expensive.
Dig your beds. and II the soil is i'm
povcrished enrich II with well-rotted
stable manure or have rich soil hauled
from the nursery or the woods.
There is a great variety OF plants
suitable for tho small garden which
yield a profusion OF blossoms for a
a
II you decide TO place a sod border
about your beds, then plant n row OF
sweet alyssum above this. These fra
grant white flowers always make a
good display and grow rapidly. Back
NJ the alyssum can be planted other
lovely ANIMALS or pe-ennials. Among
the former are fuchsias. verbenas.
cockscombs. lobelas. phlox. marigolds.
candy;utt calliopsis. peoples. snap
dragons. asterH. butterfly flowers. wall
flowers. per!w!nkles. balsams. larkspur.
stocks. zinnias. nasturtiuyns and sweet
peas. Annual vines gourd, morn
ing glory. hyac!nth bean, wild cucum-
Der. japanese hop and cypress
Pcrennials when once planted are
there 20 stay. and many amateur gar
dencrs prefer plants Of this type. Here
is list from which YOU can make your
selection: Sweet william. coiumbine.
forget-me- nots. blanket flower baby's
breath canterbury bells. larkspur.
roses. monkey flower. cornhower. hardy
phlox, chrysanthemums golden glow
and campanulas Perennial vines are
cinnamon. madeira. moonhower and
climbing roses All the plants above
named viii flower this year. and there
are many more which do not flower
until the second or third year after
planting.
Then ,her- are the summer hower-
ing bulbs and roots which the busy
woman will find scarcely any care al
all after the hr.t planting. Among
these are cannas, dahl!as. amaryllis.
blue nile NY coral plant. gladiolus.
danodils, tiger lilies. zephyr hower,
narc!ssus. tulips. c1ocus. iris, hyac!nth.
snowdrop and day lilies.
The busy hausfrau loves flowers
quite as much as her sister OF leisure.
VINO has her acres o. we'll cultivated
gardens. but lack OF time discourages
her desire tor a garden.
These flowers can be cared for at
odd moments. and the small amount OF
time required 10 make them thrive and
bloom will never be missed, so renew
your resolution 70 have garden. even
II you only nave room for hal: dozen
plants. IT does one good 10 study
growing plants,