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Care Of Plants

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
August
Year
1892
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

It frequent ly happens that one ie umatole, Sor various reasons, to ratee or secare plante desiml tor out doar ruitivatio-n, as early Ln the seaomas ubuhJ, and, too often, because of tli-e fnct tlie flovT lover is lt-d to tihink that it will ianpossible to üilave a ko(M display of blossoms durirng th'nt soaon. Tiiis is a mistake, arad lite a.rtiole is wrltteo tor the puirpose of Bbowing the reader how ehie may banu a gootd supply o' Qowers betwcn t'lie tinne wlie reads tliis arad íi-ost. Usiially thé (juicbeert way to make up for öelay ta early planting, Is feo pwc.hiisc planta íroin a Hortet, and t-lie list oí BUrttable veirtetiea for out door growiing wlnich may be obtaiiwd !ai th'is way includes prei-aniums, ageratuma, coleus, pansles, cannas, ealardiiuins, achyranthus, hydrangeas, etc; verbenas, petunias, santurtmms, MMibergtas and other plante ol a Uke mataure, muy Uso be round but are not liikely to 1 desirable plante rrom faot thay they are usaally started early to the sprtng. By (wng seels of petuuíns, verlen,dvari áasturtliums, mlgnonettc tbvarf and clmbiius' morning-glory and &weet peae (:m a gaoá íoontion where i is not too wrm and wherc the plnints may Iva ve eomSJderable aursilng) dh-eetly in the open graund, we wíl], in a few weeks obtain quite a SUpply of plante -sv-lvich wtll bloom abuimla.ntly befare th close of the seasom,. OftcntiaiK's the results irom late plamts ai-e better than from earliier onies, wad I questlon greatly ií a good supply of fi-esh bloom and streng healthy plante i'n the late swmmeff .and fall. Ie not more desiraible tlian the same effect im the early seasom.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier