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THE SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION
under the most adverse conditions. Hieh scarlet,
shading to a velvety crimson; very aptly described as
the "Reddest of all red ro.ses."
Kaiscrin Auyusta Victoria; A perfectly-shaped
creamy-white; large and beautiful.
Killarney : Probably the best known of this
lass; popular as a cut llower in winter and
equally good as a garden rose; of a rich imperial
pink color.
Laurent Carle: Largo brilliant carmine; very
sweet.
Mrs. Aaron Ward: A rich shade of Indian-yel
low; shading lighter toward the edges as the llower
expands. A splen
did color combina
tion and entirely
distinct.
Mine. Jules dra
in: Distinct sal
i n y , china-rose
color; illuminated
with salmon.
Mine. Abel Cha
tenay: Carmine
rose, shaded with
salmon; very long
buds.
Mine, llavary:
A rich, deep Nankeen-yellow,
he
coming lighter as
the llower ex
pands; elegant
form, very double
and sweet-scented.
Prince tie Ilul
yarie: Silvery
llesh color, deep
ening to the cen
ter, of beautiful
double form.
V is countess
Folkestone: One
of the first of this
type introduced
and still the best
of its color, a soft, creamy-pink, large, double and
very free.
Six Select Hybrid Perpetual Roscm
Till' Hybrid Perpetual Hoses are commonly known
as "June Hoses"; and, while many varieties
llower hut sparingly excepting during .June, the sorts
here noted will continue in llower oil' and on during
the summer and particularly during the autumn.
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BEST PERENNIALS FOR THE HOME GARDEN
IF COl'HSE, it is not set down dogmat
ically that theso perennials are the ten
best for the homo garden. Some llower
lovers might wish to amend the list in
several particulars. Yet, it would bo
hard, I am sure, to llnd a more satisfac
tory selection; for it was made with caro
by ono of the foremost gardeners in the country and
gives an unbroken succession of Mowers throughout
the summer.
IP
The wonderfully productive Climbing American
Beauty Rote
Common Name ttutankal Name ami Variety Seau Color
Peony I 'com t'eitlta Maiinu July While. lipped
Willi ted
Ceimanlili lili Pallida Dalmatica Mai I.atender
LaiktNUr Delphinium Foimosum Jul) Sky blur
Coeleitlnum
Phloi Phloi MUi Llnaatd May While
Ga plant Dictamui Frailnella June-July Kosj-cilmson
Lily otitic taller Convallatla Malatla June White
Japanese Anemone Anemone Japonlca Alba Sept. White
(Wind Flower)
Tufted Panty Viola Cornuta Putputea July-Aug. Vlolet-btue
Iay.ilr llemetocalia Thundeigll July Yellow
r'ot.gloie Digitalis Clouniaeflora Spotted
Almost any llower could he more easily spared
from tho perennial garden than the phlox, which
gives an uninterrupted succession of blossoms until
cut down bv frost. Many kinds are worth growing;
but Miss Lmgard belongs to a type that comes into
bloom in May and does not cease (lowering until the
eirtl of the season. Ono of the best perennials for
amateurs.
Lily of the valley is a prime favorite and
is especially useful, becauso it can he grown in
shady places. If planted early, it will bloom the (list
season.
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ANNUALS FOR THE RENTER TO CROW
HE M"AN who rents a home and may move
the next year, naturally does not want
to spend much money either in laying out
a garden or in starting hardy plants.
Here are a few quick-growing annuals
that are not finicky about soil or loca
tion, but that will make the garden gay
from early summer until frost. The renter need not
spend more than a dollar for seeds, if he chooses
wisely, to have a wealth of continuous bloom.
Come first the nasturtiums, which may be planted
around porch and windows, if the tall sorts are used
and space is limited. The dwarfs
may be used to bonier the walks.
This is a very democratic plant, ask
mr only that (he blossoms be kept
picked. 1 1 they go to seed, the plant
will conclude that its season's work
is over and cease making flowers.
The annual chrysanthemums are
easy to grow, and will thrive well in
a stony corner of the garden. Of
course, one must not expect the line
large blossoms of the hardy chrysan
themums. The (lowers are single,
for the most part, and far from fra
grant ; but they are produced gen
erously and are handsome at a little
distance, in clumps.
For a sandy spot, choose the por
tulaca; but watch out that the full
force of the sun is not obstructed.
The sun is life to this little creeper,
which is sometimes called the sun
plant, Portulaeas cover the ground
like a mat, and the seed may be sown
broadcast where nothing else will
grow. It is useless to sow the seed,
however, until settled warm weather
has come.
Four o'clocks are interesting and
pretty. The (lowers open toward
evening; hence the name. These
plants mav be used with no little
success for hedges if thinned to a
foot, or eighteen inches, apart and look well when
grown along the baso of a fence. The llowers are
both white and pink.
Another easy plant to
grow and which the renter
will be sure to like is the an
nual gaillardia. It has llow
ers in rich shades of red
and yellow, and grows two
feet tall.
Like the nasturtiums, the
godetias blossom more
freely in poor than in rich
soil, which fact commends
(hem lo the easy-going garden-maker.
In a solid bed,
they make- a fine mass of
color, and when seeds aro
started in the house, llowers
may he looked for as early
as July, with the promise
of a never-failing supply
until fall.
Few garden llowers aro
easier to grow than tho
good, old-fashioned mari
golds, and few are better
for cheerful color effects
late in the season, even
I hough they aro a bit coarso
and look better at- a dis
tance. The plants should
stand about a foot apart.
There was once a time
when no llower lover would
have planted a garden with
out having petunias in it,
and now that the plant ex
perts have evolved many
wonderful new forms, this
llower is regaining its old
time popularity. Sow the
seeds in a warm and sunny
spot, and see to it that tho
plants never suiter for lack
of water.
Next to the petunia, tho
There i no better garden flower than phlox
annual phlox is probably the most free (lowering
plant the renter can grow. The colors are a never
ending delight. Seed may be sown in the garden,
unless very early llowers are wanted, in which case
they should be started indoors.
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CARDEN FERTILIZERS-STUMBLINC
BLOCK OF THE AMATEUR.
10ST OF FS know very littlo about tho
ground we walk on. Vo do not realize
that this ground is teeming with life and
ncthity - that some of the most wonder
ful processes of Nature are going on right
under our feet. So, we are confused
and perplexed when we conio to apply
fertilizers, which are to do their work out of sight
and in a way we do not well comprehend. Fortu
nately, we can console ourselves with the rellection
that even the best of garden-makers have yet much
to-learn about this subject and that for us, with our
little garden plots, the whole matter may be made
very simple.
To begin with, there is nothing better for the homo
garden than common barnyard manure, and there is
little danger of using too much. Humus is a word
which is often in the mouths of soil experts. Unless
(he soil contains humus in abundance, the mere ad
dition of plant food is throwing away the money it
costs. And humus is simply decayed organic matter.
Clover or rye, plowed under, adds humus. So does
barnyard manure, which is one reaVou that it is the
best fertilizer known. Partly rotted cow manure
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A Garden corner with digitalis in full bloom