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will propose Drummond phlox in a variety of colors, but alwa}'^^ 

 leave out the blue and purple shades or use the calendulas in 

 variet}'. And still another plant fits the place, the dwarf varieties- 

 of tropeolum, hot onaitting one single shade, as they all are beauti- 

 ful and harmonize. One thing is necessary to insure constant 

 blooming on all annuals, and that is cutting all the old flowers 

 before they go to seed. 



Then this border may be finished on the back by planting the dark 

 foliage seedling, perilla nankinensis, in efl!ect equal to some of the 

 dark colors ; or the border ma}' be made without either the outside- 

 border lines, and any of the above named seedlings make beautiful 

 beds in the grass if massed by themselves. The Drummond phlox 

 needs to be planted very near together, as the}- grow slight and tall' 

 and can thus support each other. A few stakes placed around the 

 outside of bed or border, with a wire stretched from one to the other 

 just above the ground, will keep the plants in line. 



Every one knows how much finer pansies are when planted in a bed 

 by themselves. They are a cool-weather plant, and are better when- 

 planted in the early fall and transplanted to beds for spring bloom. 

 They had better be slightly protected during the winter. The}' will- 

 not give large flowers or good colors during the summer months, but 

 if the}' have been blooming all the spring, one can afford to pull 

 them up by the last of June to give place to some summer blooming 

 plant. Balsams, if planted in boxes, can be put in this bid,' or 

 snap-dragons in variety make a beautiful show. 



Asters also should always occupy a bed by themselves. The most 

 satisfactory way is to buy the seeds in separate packages of color 

 using the darkest colors for the center of the bed and shading out 

 to the outside of white or green of the lightest shades, or making^ 

 ribbon beds using lines of contrasting colors. 



The finest tropical looking beds used on the lawn are grown from, 

 seeds using ricinus for a centre, cannas for the next row, perilla 

 nankinensis for the third row, and then centaurias, lastly the blue 

 lobelia or white candytuft. A bed of the new single chrysanthe- 

 mums makes a very fine show when planted in masses. 



If the grounds are large, a bed or screen of double hollyhocks will 

 make a stately appea'-ance. Some of them are as fine in color as the 

 camelias which they very much resemble. The seed should be 

 planted in the early summer to bloom the next summer. If protected 

 slightly during the winter they will live for several years. Beautiful 



