---------+-------+-------+---------+-------+------------------------- NAME |DEPTH |OUTDOOR|INDOOR |HEIGHT |SPECIAL POINTS | TO | | | | |PLANT |BLOOM |BLOOM | | ---------+-------+-------+---------+-------+------------------------- Peony 4 in. May 2 - Plant outdoors 2-1/2 ft. in September. Increases and lives a long time Late 6 in. July 3 ft. Showy and peony attractive Red 6-8 in. August 3 ft. Protect through speciosum the winter, lily leaving bulbs in the ground Tulips 4 April January 6-18 in. Isabelle Choose variety ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XVII THE GIRLS' WINTER WORK. "We want some plants at school this winter, and we each should like some plants of our own at home." This remark greeted The Chief one day in late September as he entered his home after a long tramp in the woods. The slant rays of the late afternoon sun and the low fire in the fireplace were not able to give The Chief any clue as to the speakers. "Who are '_we_'?" he demanded. "I am Dee," was the reply, "and 'we' are all the girls." "Dear me" said the man, "I thought I had settled your case by recommending bulb culture to you." "Not much!" shouted the girls all together. "We have finished our bulb work," Katharine went on to say, "and now we are very anxious to do something with house plants. We have a good six weeks or more to wait for our bulbs, and so we thought possibly you would be willing to help us." "I did think," grumbled the man, "that after I had invited you to a series of talks this winter you would leave me in peace." And then they all laughed gaily together. "Well, what is your stock you have to work with, girls? I shall have to know that before I can help you." "We have--that is, most of us have--a lot of old straggly geraniums in our gardens. Then Katharine's mother has some fuchsias and begonias which she has promised us," replied Miriam. "Up at the hotel where Jack sold his lettuce there are a few things I have been promised," added Elizabeth. "Do you know what these are?" asked Ethel. "Yes. There are some heliotrope plants, marguerites, some lovely rose geraniums, and a few flowering maples or--I have forgotten the long name for them."