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Correopsis Lanceolata. This well-known plant is a mass of golden 

 yellow flowers in June. It succeeds in almost any position, but I 

 find it better to raise new plants from seed every second or third 

 year, as I get more bloom from two or three year old plants than 

 from older ones. It will seed itself where soil is not too heavy. A 

 mass of these makes a beautiful show. 



Delphiniums. These hardy larkspurs produce their long spikes 

 of flowers in June, and if the flower stems are removed, a second 

 crop may be expected late in the summer. They are all beautiful 

 and most of them are easily grown. When cut down at winter's 

 approach, if the crowns are covered with coal ashes, they are pro- 

 tected from the weather and from snails, which sometimes prove 

 very troublesome. If I had to select one, I should probably choose 

 '^Formosum" with its long spikes of beautiful deep blue flowers 

 with white (?yes. This, however, is not quite as hardy as some of 

 the other varieties, but well repays a little extra care and attention, 

 such as a forkful of long litter late in the fall. It is well to divide 

 and transplant them every three or four years. 



Phlox. The dwarf perennial phloxes are certainly very beautiful 

 and desirable. By removing the flower stems as soon as the first 

 bloom has passed, a second crop is generally secured, and a slight 

 covering after the ground is frozen in the fall will insure their ap- 

 pearance the following spring. There are many colors from which 

 it would be very difficult to select a single one, but I consider that 

 none are finer than "William Eobinson," which has large flowers of 

 a salmon rose color with dark centres. 



Hollyhocks. These old but fine plants have always been garden 

 favorites. For many years, however, they have been troubled with 

 a disease which has made them unsightly, and for this reason they 

 have lately been much less grown; Different preparations have been 

 recommended to cure tliis trouble, but the ordinary amateur has 

 neither the time nor inclinatio^i to bother with such, and if he is 

 unfortunate enough to have his plants infected, he had better de- 

 stroy them at once by burning and start a fresh crop in another 

 part of the garden. Hollyhocks are easily raised from seed, and 

 young plants are not as subject to the disease as older ones. The 

 "Allegheny Hollyhock" is a beautiful fringed, semi-double flower 

 and does not seem to be affected by disease. It is certainly one of 

 the finest herbaceous plants we have, and ought to be in every col- 

 lection. They are strong growers and the flowers show many beau- 

 tiful shades. It is well to plant them near a building or a fence 

 to protect their tall, flower-laden stalks from the wind. 



Rudbeckia "Golden Glow." This plant is of a vigorous growth 

 and produces groat quantities of golden j-ellow double flowers late 

 in the summer. It grows from five to seven feet high, according to 



