Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1936 — Page 10

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—Back Yard Gardening Use Border of Annuals to Provide Coloiful Frame for Garden, Is Advice

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The Mourning Bride of grandmother’s garden, also called Scabiosa, and Pivicushion, can now be obtained in many colors and with larger flowers.

This It the second of six articles on decorative gardening, in line with the preceding series on vegetable gardening. BY AMZI C. M’LEAN Special Writer on Horticultural Subjects for the New Jersey Agricultural Extension Service, Rutgers University. ATTRACTIVE flowering borders do not happen. They are carefully planned prior to planting, and each plant is placed in the

particular spot where it will add most to the attractiveness of the garden. A limited budget should not deter the gardener from planning for a good stand of annual plants, as the only expenditure necessary is for seed and a small amount of fertiliser.

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If the tallest plants are put along the back of the border, the next size in front, and the smallest plants kept for the front edge, the planting will have a uniform effect. Annual poppies, annual larkspur. and centaureas, or cornflowers, make interesting background material, for these plants reach a height of from two to three

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The airy, graceful cosmos is a late season bloomer. Here are some of the older varieties, with the newer pompom and anemone forms.

feet and the flowers come in a variety of colors. Sow the seeds of any of these flowers as soon as the ground is warm. Later, thin out the seedlings so that the individual plants stand from six to 12 inches apart. tt a THE garden should be supplied with other annuals which will bloom as the earlier ones begin to fade. Zinnias, marigolds, scabiosas, cosmos, and single dahlias make excellent replacement material. Seeds of these plants may be sown in a seed bed and the young plants transplanted to the place where they are to grow; or they may be taken from the seed bed and planted in good soil in quart strawberry boxes until the border is ready to receive them. While the plants are in these boxes their only requirement is sufficient watering. Seeds of these annuals should not be planted until the soil becomes warm, usually about the same time that beans are planted in the vegetable garden. If a cold frame is used, seed may be started earlier. In front of the border, plant such small flowers as pansies, forget-me-nots, annual pinks, California poppies, candytuff, and sweet alyssum. Seeds of these may be sown in the open ground as soon as the ground can be dug, thinning them to stand six inches apart each way. nun IN a poor soil of light consistency, portulaca will make a good showing, even during hot, dry weather.

By planting later-blooming dwarf ageratum. verbena and sanvitalia in boxes, they may be held over until the other flowers in the border begin to fade, and then planted to replace the latter. This practice will insure continuous bloom throughout the season. Ageratum and verbena come in many hues, but sanvitalia may be obtained only in yellow. Although verbena does not begin to bloom until late, it will continue flowering until severe frost. For an annual flower garden of average size—perhaps 40 by 60 feet —cost of seed should not exceed $5. Os course, if facilities for growing these plants from seed are not available, and it is necessary to purchase young plants from a local grower or nursery, the cost will be higher. Next—Planning for better lawns. Dances; SIOO Disappears A leather bill fold containing SIOO disappeared from the pocket of Earl Busick, 36, mail carrier of Orleans, Ind., while he was dancing at the Broadway Taproom, 142 S. Illinoisst, he told police early today. lIFRE'S RELIEF 11 Sore,lrritated Skin Wherever it is—however broken the apply sootning Resinol

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Seeger to Speak on World Peace “The Economic Foundation for World Peace” is to be discussed by H. L. Seeger at the American League Against War and Fascism meeting at 7 tonight at the Central Y. r R. C. A.