---------------------+--------------------------------------+--------- _Radishes._ | Sow a few radish seeds every week | 5c. | for four weeks, to have new young | Buy Little Red | tender radishes ready for pulling | Globe-shaped. | each week. | | | | Radishes do not do well in very hot | | weather. | | | | The late or “winter” radish is | | planted in the early Fall. | ---------------------+--------------------------------------+--------- _Tomatoes._ | Tomato seeds may be sowed in a |2 for 5c. | box placed in a sunny window or | Buy _2 plants_ of | under glass in the hot bed in very | early and 2 of | early Spring, but unless a large | late varieties. | number of plants is needed, it is | | better to buy the young plants. | | | | A very interesting variety is | | “cherry tomatoes,” which grow in | | little clusters of red fruit | | resembling cherries in appearance. | | Buy 1 plant. | ---------------------+--------------------------------------+--------- The approximate cost of this garden for little folks is three dollars. Seeds of all these vegetables may be started in the house. See Chapter XIV, page 81, “To Plant Seeds in Boxes.” The young plants may be put out in the garden when they are of some size, about which you will read later. FOOTNOTES: [A] See Chapter LI on Perennials. [B] See Chapter XI on Annuals. CHAPTER VI GARDENS FOR BIG BOYS AND GIRLS “OH, Billy,” cried Mary Frances, as her brother laid down the paper, “that doesn’t sound a bit babyish to me! If I could just have a garden like that——” “That’s an all-right garden,” interrupted Billy, “but, Mary Frances, it isn’t much compared with my plan for your wonderful play house garden, as you’ll soon see when I give you the— GARDEN LISTS FOR BIG BOYS AND GIRLS The following-named flowers, which are pictured in the Mary Frances Garden Cut-Outs, are described in the outlines that follow the lists. Do not attempt to plant all the flowers named, but read the lists, and study the descriptions carefully. Then select the plants you prefer for your garden, and make your own list ready for ordering.