Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
PLAN YOUR GARDEN NOW
ev Z. VAN eENTHUYsEN

A hardy garden is the garden for the
busy woman. 1t will last for years
and be a delight to you and to your
neighbors with a very little care.
Take "a careful survey of your re-
sources and make a study of your own
individual problem. ~BOOk-taught"
gardeners may be all right up to
certain limit but one seasons expert
ment along your own lines will give
you an insight Into plant life that
aside from being q most fascinating
study will teach you more than years
of reading.
Those who wish to plant roses and
not bother with them more than to
prune and fertilize annually and keep
the ground mellow about the plants
should plant hybrid perpetual roses.
The hybrid perpetuals are the hardest
OF roses and will stand more cold
weather than any other species.
The following are desirable speci-
mems: Anne de Diesbach, bright car
mine; Baroness Rothschild, an ex-
quislte pink; La France, blooms all
summer; Frau Karl Druschki, snow
white, has splendid buds, immense
4 flowers, 4 to 5 inches across and is
delightfully."- fragrant; General JAG
queminot, a popular rose Of brilliant
red; Paul Neyron, lovely dark pink ;
'Gruss an Teplitz, a strong, vigorous
grower, of richest crimson; Killarney,
both pink and white, are hardy, and
Mrs. John Laing, rose Of delicious
tfragrance and Of rich satiny pink
color.
This list could be extended indefn-
sttefy but these are all tried-and-true
bloom and beaa picture worth look
atng at.
| A'hardy border that is a triumph OF
'beauty and has been enjoyed for years
contains, hollyhocks, phlox, larkspur
fox glove, Iris, Columbines, pinks and
sEunfOwers.
4 HARDY roses require good garden
soil enriched with wRn-rotted manure
Il They must have an open sunny posi-
4 ttkonc clear of the roots of all trees and
shrubs. 1t is'well to prepare the bet
"a few days before planting to allow
for settling. Ever-blOoming rose!
should be planted 18 inches apart ant
the hybrid 'perpetuals two feet apart
Roses should be planted with the root
diverging and at least nine inches be
low the surface Of the ground. The sol
should be made firm about them ant
IIihorollxy ~ xx,ak ks.-ad Qocf roo,1ltc will h,
obtained from, eVer-blOoming roses b!
severe pruning. The stronger root
should be cut back to about II inche
inlheight and the ,hybrids to about Il
inches, while all weak, thin woot
should be removed entirely.
'Hollyhocks succeed best in rich
weIldrained soil, and should be light
Unprotected during the winter month
with coarse straw or spruce boughs.
ILarkspur seed can be sown in tn
open ground before the close of April
Tt will produce Towering plants by tn
beginning of July, If given this earl
start, and will give a continuous sue
cesslon of bloom from them unit
frost. 1t Is excellent for cutting an
very ornamental. 1t produces In
great,variety of forms and colOrs som
of the most beautiful flowers In cult
vation. All varieties are easily cult
waited and adaptable to most cond
tons, but in a~soil deeply dug and we
enriched with fine old manure, thei
blooms are the finest. Set from on
to 0neahalf to two feet each way.
Iris (heur.deilis), the national flow
sr of France, is another perfect
hardy plant. They grow In any ord
nary garden soil luxuriantly and bloor
In June.
Perhaps the most snowy and gol
geOus of the Iris family lis the Japar
ese Iris. The flowers are often te
inches I'm diameter and bloom in Jul!
There are many beautiful .cOlors anon
both Iris. White family tinged wit
lavendar, light bronze, yellow an
bright blue, royal purple, grayis