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will propose Drummoncl phlox in a variety of colors, but alwaj^s- 

 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, ijot omitting 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 effect 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. 



Ever}- one knows how much finer pansies are when planted in a bed 

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

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

 They had better be slightly protected during the winter. They will 

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

 if they 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. 



