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Show 1 SEEDS AND BULBS WITH THE SPRING, THOUQHT8 TURN TO THE GARDEN. Tho DaffocllPGrowB to Beauty With Very Littlo Trouble Nasturtiums and Dahlias Have Much to Recommend Them. With tho spring. tbo housowlfo hao . a longing to dig In hor garden and plant her various seeds and bulbs. Tho old-fashioned slglo, hollyhocks, cosmos, golden glow and astcra have bocn unusually un-usually populnr tho past fow years. Popples, swect-pcas, asters, cosmos, nnd nasturtiums bloom through to September. Asters aro getting larger nnd moro beautiful every year. Thero Is no blossom bettor adapted for spring In tho homo, In city or country, coun-try, thnn tho daffodil. Thoro nro many beautiful varieties, nnd thoy can bo grown with littlo trouble. Whether your grounds aro largo or small, a spaco can always bo found for theso bulbs, which nro placed In tho soli lit tho autumn. Once planted, they will bloom season after season. Daffodils will also grow Indoor, and will'bo a delight from Chrlstmna until Easter. These plants will blossom out of doors. In April nnd contlnuo through Mny. Nasturtium Is nnother easy plant to grow. For tho garden border, whoro cut flowers nro the chief aim, tho dwarf varletca aro tho best. Thby will bloom hotter If tho soli Is not too rich. Dahlias aro a decorative flower, and nro particularly, desirable for uso In now places where tho shrubbery Is not advanced. Thoy mnko an nttractlvo -v display along the wall or fence, nud nro easily grown. Ono can get tho tubers and plant them In Mny,j but somo prefer to buy of tho florists tho young plants well started in small pota, and transplant them to tha soil. Sweet-pens should have n rich soil and sunny spot, na tho vlnea -need plenty of heat to develop tho blossoms. blos-soms. A trench should bo dug about six Inches deop, nnd Intp this sow your seeds thickly and cover thorn with about two inches of soil. When tho plant Is about three inches high, tho aurroumllng earth should bo drawn around It. Keep repenting this until tho trench is almost full. Wire netting net-ting of coarse mesh or brush 'makes k good support. Plenty of water la nec-eessary nec-eessary nnd let It run In tho-slinllow trench, so thnt tho roots are benefited. |