Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
JOHN p. WHITE

is in condition for making a good seed
bed and until there is no longer like
lihood of a heavy frost in the local
ity. A good test to determine
whether the garden soil can be work
ed well is to take up a mass of it in
the hand and compact it into a ball.
If this ball readily falls apart, the
ground is dry enough to be worked.
1t is particularly important in plant
ing flowers to spade up the ground
fine it thoroughly with hoe and rake
and remove the stones and Jumps
from it the actual surface should
be made very fine and soft. In
planting each kind of seed the direc-
tions as to depth of planting should
be carefully followed. Flowers that
can be sown in this way are:
Ageratum, Alyssum, Aster, Pot
marigold, Calliopsis, Campanula,
Clarkia (shade), Cockscomb, Dahlias-
single, Godetia, Gaillardi, Mignonette,
Pansy, Pinks, Rudbeckia, Snapdragon,
Stocks, Zinnias.
Most of these may be sown earlier
in hotbed or cold frame and thus be
made to bloom earlier.
Certain other flowers die or do not
do well if. they are transplanted.
These therefore should be sown only
in the open ground or beds where the
plants are to grow. The varieties
which it is best to SOW in permanent
location are:
California poppy, Candytuft, Corn
flower, Forget-me- Lobelia, Mem
ophila (shade), Phlox drummondii,
Sun flower, Sweet Peas.
Sweet peas should be in the ground
as soon as it is dry enough to work.
The soil should be spaded up and well
be dug 4 inches d2ep; in the bottom
of this the peas should be planted
about inches apart. When the peas
are to be grown over chicken wire or
brush stuck in the ground it is GUS
tomary to sow them in two parallel
rows, 6 or s inches apart. In this
way on the same amount of trellis
double the number of plants can be
grown with satisfactory results.
Sweet peas thrive best in cool,
moist climate. Because of this it is
desirable to SOW very early
in the spring.
Poppies may be sown directly on
the suface of ground that was pre-
pared last fall. If the b d was not
at that time, it should pe
spaded up. as soon as the ground is
Try enough, and the poppy seed sown
~ My over The surface. The seed
should Ee slightly covered by drawing
the back of the rako over the bed.
PoppieS do not stand transplanting,
and must be Sown where they are to
bloom. Care should b. taken to dis
tribute the seed evenly and not in
for if there is much dis
.ulbance of the roots at the time OF
thinning, the plants will not do 50
veil as when ft undisturbed. The
Shirley poppy, very showy and at
ractive variety, may be obtained in
many colors. The individual blossoms
however, are very short lived, and as
with many other plants It's
blooming S ason is short. The plan.s
ire so attractive when in bloom, how.
'ver, that they are well worth plant,
ng. A succession of sowings will
,rolong the blooming season.
The California poppy should also
Ne soWn early but does not requir a.
'arly sowing as the other poppies.
t is handsome and will bloom during
| longer period than the Shirley
'oppy. ,..
I. e other plants in the list may
}, soW,n in seed bed and be trans
planted from there to the permanent
ocation, but it is usually better TO