The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-21

ADVISED As
70 FLOWERS.
Department Tells What Plants
WiII"Make Good" in the
Garden.

WASHINGTON, March 20-Many
people at this season of the year are
considering what Towering plants they
shall put in their gardens The aver
age housewife, who has not much time
to spare on the matter, and the teach
er, who is laying out a school garden
Tor the benefit of her pupils will I'M
doubtedly welcome some simple sng-
sestfons along this line The United
States Department Of Agriculture's
specialist particularly recommends as
satisfactory and easily grown flowers,
the ageratum, the nasturtium. the pc
tuna, the California poppy, and the
zinnia. Here are few pointers on
each Of them:
Resembles Heliotrope.
Ageratum-The ageratum is one OF
the few blue flowers we have In its
form it somewhat resembles the he'll
iotrope but has no odor, Ageratums
grow we'll upon almost all soils and
through a wide range of climate For
that reason many combinations with
them are possible. The plants are
neat. bushy and erect, and produce
profusion OF brush like flowers
throughout the season The dwarf
blue sorts make fine borders and are
| much used where contrasting color
effects are desired. For early bloom
the seed should be sown in cold frame
or in boxes in the house early in the
season GAiarchl, but for summer and
fall bloom the seeds may be sown in
April or early in May in we'll prepar-
ed beds in the open Seeds sown in.
August will produce good plants for
witner towering.
Nasturtium-Th large seeds. of the
inasturtium require TO be planted much
deeper than the fine seeds OF the PEE
tuna. Sow them in rows where the
plants are to grow, placing the seeds
about six. inches apart in the row and
cover them about an inch deep. When
Eall plants are up, thin so that they
stand foot apart if the soil is rich:
If rather thin, it will be as we'll to al
low them to stand at the planting
distance. The plants should be given
clean cultivation to induce rapid
srowth. IL planted in the open at the
same time that beans are planted,
very satisfactory results will follow.
For earlier bloom plant in advance
of this date in hotbeds, cold frames
or window boxes.
Use Window Boxes.
/! Petunia-While the petunia grows
readily and rapidly from seeds sown
in the open about corn planting time,
earlier bloom can be secured by SOW
ing the seed in window boxes or hot
beds and transporting the plants once
before placing them In the open. For
localities north OF New York the most
satisfactory method of handling these
plants will#ab to start the seeds in
window boxes about April 1, and to
transfer the young plants to the open
when the weather permit the
middle OF May. The seeds are very
small and should not be covered with.
earth in the ordinary way. They
should be sown on the surface and
brought in contact with the earth by
I firming it with board.
California poppy CEschscholtzia)-
\ The eschscholtzia is an annual OF
striking character both as regards the
form and color OF its flowers. which
lare bright and rich in their tints Of
yellow and orange The plants aver
age about a foot in height. have at
ttractive silrery foliage, and produce
their large poppy like flowers quite
| laNisnly from early spring until frost
I The seeds of cschscholtzia may be
isownfin window boxes orkin hotbed
in March. or in the open where the
plants arc to bloom as soon as the
soil is in fit condition. in April or May
lin the latitude of New York In lati-
tudes south Of New FORK the seeds
may be soWn in the autumn for early
bloom. The. plants enjoy rich loan
and should be allowed abouts5 or s in
kches OF space in the row When used
1innia-The zinnia is easily grown
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