The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21
A CONNECTICUT o GAR.
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perennial bower borders on both sides
OF the path In my vegetable garden.
| was blessed with good rich loan as q
starter and worked In good two.year-
Old COW manure and ground bone. some
coarse and some fine. to a depth of
about II foot and a half. rhl. was
done on April / and the ground re-
cc.ved frequent digging and cultiva-
ton until time 10 SET out the plants.
The plants were p%hloxes. ooauelicot.
beautiful scar.et: bridesmaid. white
with crimson spots. which was Sc in
IL" centre. and Madam Paul Dcetrie
pink on the other side. They were
ycr" beautiful and greatly adm red
Dclphlniums were set a little back
so smaller flowers could he seen in
front. including h~clladonna. a iargc
blue, a white and a beautiful yellow
variety. In front OF these | planted
sweet W~iiliim-the cd fashioned
var!tt.Cs. They are low and come into
flower first. Canterbury bells were
grouped near a corner Of the border,
embracing NAM IL. cate colors-hlue.
white. pink. &c. | think they really
were the finest flowers | mad. growing
from two 20 three feet tai. | had some
fine cllimps Of lily NJ the valley given
me which | planted near my bleeding
heart. mahing "A very attractive sight.
DiSitalis was also included twelve
plants OF tho Gl~oXinunora type. which
produced finely spotted flowers. with
hardy candytuft in front; these are
excellent when massed. Trie took M
considerable room. az they increase so
rapidly. blue, white and very light
blue.
The hol yhocks we're grouped in n
row back OF the pRonias. The pSonias
We're the wei! known Albs-Rosea and
Rubra; the red m first and the
text two follow.
Facing these on the other side ~ the
border | planted bachelors buttons.
Chinese h~ellfoweT. beautiful blue hal
loon shaped flowers. very odd and
hardy. and the well known feverfew--
small daisylike flowers: these need a
GOOD deal OF space. because they in
q very rapidly. Placing the
bachelors buttons hack OF the other
two they can show to good advantage,
Baby's breath makes one OF the most
beautiful additions to bouquets; its fne
little white flower In masses Is most
attractive and they blossom a Ions
time.
A few years ago Hw a beautiful
| ped Of hardy asters. had never
known that such large and late flower
ing asters existed. 7 sent FOR seed OF
the varieties Abendrotp. Bessarabecies
F.. W. Raynor and Spec,abilis Neuco
and raised many plants, the color
ranging lilac. rosy rcd, blue ant
crimson. These were placed back vel
from the front. as they grow very tall
II was the n thing In my garder
that mos, people had seen be
fore. A bunch OF them picked with the
feverfew makes a good bouquet.
In front Of the asters anemones
were placed. which bloom about tn,
same time. These filled out my border
The arrangement added very much IL
their beauty.
took two large iron hoops, 81,
feet 10 eight In height, which We hat
on the place and put them over thu
path in different places. Tho small
lowered scarlet c~lernatis was trained
over one. The other hoop carried
morning glories OF the various shades
have given them all the hest of care
working in some commercial humus II
the fall and covering with a layer o
caves. At each end OF the borders
have some fine June roses which com
plete the artistic and color effect,
am an amateur pure and simple, bn
have made n study OF your week.,
sardeD section and i, has helped m
very much. Most uf these plants
bought. hut | raised quite a few from
the seed the year before. Raisin'
plants from seed Is interesting an
when ira splan u couple OF time
and left to blossom a wear hence the,
certainly seem more beautiful than a!
the others.
tried in my buying 10 help every
body plants from one man, seed from
another and the roots. &c. from dir
forent nurserymcn. They all exec
in different lines, I find by experience
and some are very much better pack
ers than others.
bouph, seed Of the new gian
Zinnia. raising about NIFTY plants. sci
ting then in circles o eiRhtee'
inches apart. I raw a Amer dis
play OF flowers OF one kind blooming