The Beginner's Garden Book; A Textbook for the Upper Grammar Grades (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...them with much care in the places which you have prepared for them in the flower garden. Then next year they should begin their bloom. Fiu. 102.--Foxglove is a biennial. Sow the seed as soon as ripe, if you can get them. All bought plants, or those given you, are usually ready to set in the garden at once. Divided roots should be set as deep as they stood before. You can tell this depth by studying the remains of the stalk. Seedling plants should be set with their crown at the ground level, in the seed bed or in the garden, according to their size. The treatment of perennial vegetables you can study in the planting list. And now for planning the garden. There are so few perennial vegetables that to plan for them is not difficult. The good ones are asparagus, sea-kale, rhubarb, and udo. The gardener should find what space each requires, settle how many plants he needs of each, and then put them in one part of the garden by themselves. This perennial bed should be to the east or west of the annual vegetable garden, so that it need never be in the way of plowing. The rows should run parallel to the others, and they may be cultivated with them. And now for my larger list of perennial flowers. The best of them are the following, given according to the months in which they begin to bloom. For April: perennial daisy (Bellis perennis, English daisy), lily of the valley, forget-menot. For May: columbine, German iris, peony, bleedingheart. For June: Canterbury bell, Scotch pink, gaillardia, Japan iris, Iceland and Oriental poppies, phlox, sweet William, yucca (Adam's needle). For July: hollyhock, foxglove, larkspur, helianthus (perennial sunflower). For August: cardinal flower, golden glow. For September: Japanese anemone, red-hot poker, hardy aster, helenium. For Oc...