--------------------+----------------------------------------+-------- | | Common Name. | Different Varieties. | Height. | | --------------------+----------------------------------------+-------- Everlasting Flowers | A-cro-lin-i-um. Pretty white and | 15 or “Immortelles” | rosy-pinkflowers, which should be cut | inches. (pronounced | and dried while in the bud state. | im-mor-tél). | | | Hel-i-chry-sum (Strawflower). One of | 30 | thebest “Everlasting” flowers. Plant | inches. | 12 inches apart. Mixed colors. | | | | Xer-an-the-um. One of the prettiest of | | “Everlastings.” Purple, white, rose. | | | | Globe Am-a-ranth (Bachelor’s Buttons). | 12 | Resemble clover heads in white and | inches. | purple. | --------------------+----------------------------------------+-------- In drying “Everlasting” Flowers, make a paper flower holder in the following manner: [Illustration] PAPER FLOWER HOLDER 1. Cut a large square from a heavy piece of paper. Eight inches is a good size. 2. Fold the paper across four times, as shown by the dotted lines in figures 1, 2, 3, 4. 3. Cut along dotted line A-B, figure 5. 4. Open to form figure 6. Clip a tiny piece off the point, and clip along the edges as shown. 5. Spread the paper open. Set it over the mouth of deep vase or jar, and let the stems of the “Everlastings” hang full length through the little openings cut in the holder until dried. This method of dried Everlasting flowers gives long straight stems. “Some list, that,” said Billy at length, “and we haven’t yet thought of what we will plant in the VEGETABLE GARDEN See Chapter LVIII, “Some Hints on Growing Vegetables.” Peas *Onions *Parsley (Dwarf Curly) *Tomatoes *Lettuce *Thyme Peppers Potatoes *Radishes Carrots Beets Beans—Stringless Beans—Bush Limas Corn Leeks Cucumbers Sweet Basil—a soup herb * If garden space is small, select only the names marked with a star. CHAPTER XII WINDOW BOXES “WHY, Billy, the very thought of a garden like this almost frightens me,” cried Mary Frances. “I don’t believe I ever, ever can remember one-quarter of the names!”