Every woman her own flower gardener

General Management of the Garden--The Soil--Selection of Seeds-- Weeding--Watering--Planting out--Pruning, etc.--Saving of Seeds-- Preparing Pots--Taking up and Preserving Flowe...

“There’s not a flower can grow upon the earth Without a flower upon the spiritual side; All that we see is pattern of what shall be in the mount, Related royally, and built up t...

“Oh! who can speak his joys, when Spring’s young morn, From wood and pasture open’d on his view; When tender green buds blush upon the thorn, And the first primrose dips its lea...

“Come, ye soft sylphs, Teach the fine seed, instinct with life, to shoot In earth’s cold bosom, its descending root; With pith elastic, stretch its rising stem, Part the twin lo...

Perennial plants are those which live and blossom through many successive seasons. If planted very early in the border, or brought forward in the hotbed or in window gardens, th...

These well-known flowers have adorned the gardens, and been florists’ favorites for many years. Their pleasing foliage, and brilliant bloom, well merit the estimation in which t...

The varieties of plants called by florists bedding-out plants, are very popular--and deservedly so. Their flowers present a brilliant mess of coloring all the summer, and their...

“Thou graceful flower, on graceful stem, Of Flora’s gifts a fav’rite gem! From tropic fields thou cam’st to cheer The natives of a climate drear; And grateful for our fostering...

“Nymphs who haunt th’ embowering shades, Poesy’s enchanting maids, Woo thee, Rose! Thy charms inspire All the raptures of the lyre; Cull we straight the inviting Rose, Shielded...

“Flowers! bright, beautiful, love-beaming flowers, They are linked with life’s sweetest and sunniest hours; Like stars about our pathway They shine so pure and fair, Blooming in...

“Thank God for the beautiful Flowers That blossom so sweetly and fair; They garnish this strange life of ours, And brighten our paths every where; They speak of the heaven above...

The Carnation has been cultivated from time immemorial in Europe, and from Gerard, the herbalist of Queen Elizabeth’s time, we learn some of its quaint old English names, such a...

“There is a lesson in each flower, A story in each stream and bower; On every herb on which you tread Are written words which, rightly read, Will lead you from earth’s fragrant...

“There is religion in a flower: Its still small voice is as the voice of conscience. Mountains and oceans, planets, suns and systems, Bear not the impress of Almighty power In c...

Variegated leaved plants are quite the fashion at this time, and are becoming more popular every year. They produce a fine effect when planted in oval or circular beds. The _fur...

In October and November we must plant the Spring Flowering Bulbs, which are the first flowers in the spring that gladden our eyes. As soon as the sun’s rays have strength enough...

Bulbs that can be preserved in the house in a dry state during the winter, and planted in the ground in the spring, or those which live out during the winter and bloom in the ho...

“O, Father, Lord! The All-beneficent! I bless thy name, That thou hast mantled the green earth with flowers, Linking our hearts to nature! The old man’s eye Falls on the kindlin...

The changes which the art of the florist has produced in double and variegated flowers, are not to be compared with the effects of cultivation on vegetables which have been for...

It has been said that a person must possess the “knack”--must have a taste, an eye for colors--in order to arrange flowers in bouquets, baskets, etc., artistically. And, doubtle...

The most desirable soil for flowers, particularly for Annuals, Perennials, etc., is a mellow loam, that will not bake down and crack open under the influence of hard showers and...