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deep. The tiger should be planted farther apart. It and superbum are 

 fine, but elegans, candidum and speciosum are my favorites. The elegans 

 blooms in June, the candidum early, the others much later. All should be 

 planted in the autumn, and it is important to plant the candidum in 

 August or very early in September, as it makes a strong new growth in 

 the autumn. 



Lily-of-Valley, 6x6, should be planted in the fall and left undisturbed 

 for several years, as it does not bloom much the first year after planting. 

 The sprays of small white flowers coming in early May are exceedingly 

 fragrant and fine. 



Linum, or Flowering Flax, 12 x 12 is a beautiful blue flower resembling 

 phlox in shape. The foliage is beautiful and stays green all winter. Will 

 bloom a little the first season if seed is started very early. A year old 

 plant may have a hundred blossoms in the morning, but by afternoon 

 every one will have fallen and by next morning another hundred will be 

 in full bloom. This will last for several weeks. When blooming has 

 ceased and seeds are coming, cut down a few inches from the ground and 

 in a few weeks a new supply of flowers will be ready. 



Lobelia is a fine low growing edging plant suited specially for wet 

 and shady places, and easily grown from seed. The erect varieties should 

 be planted six inches apart. The flowers are deep blue. 



Pansy, 9 x 9, I start in boxes in January or February, later pot them 

 and set them in the garden under glass cover and have them ready for 

 open planting by May the tenth. I find by this plan they bloom well from 

 the last of May until frost. 



Peony, 24 x 36, is another of my favorites. I have forty plants of six- 

 teen named varieties. It is best to get the choice kinds only. For home 

 flowers do not divide roots oftener than once in five years. I like my 

 whites best, and dark reds next. 



Petunia, 12x12, is one of the best for all season garden display. Ex- 

 perience has taught me better than to ever again try double or giant 

 flowering kinds. The medium priced, medium sized single varieties are 

 far superior for practical results. It self-seeds, so there is an abundance 

 of volunteer plants each spring, though I start some in boxes for extra 

 early flowers. A plant once started is as hai'dy as a weed. I have taken 

 plants full grown and blooming, cut the tops nearly to the ground, trans- 

 planted the roots in the heat of summer, and had a solid mass of blooms 

 in less than a month. Hence they are good as a second crop following 

 early flowers. 



Sweet Peas must be planted very early in spring, and quite deep. For 

 a support I use a circle three feet in diameter made of very heavy woven 

 wire field fencing. This is one of the very few flowers where I plant a 

 mixture of colors. 



Perennial Peas, 24 x 24, are not fragrant and will not bloom until the 

 second or third year, but a few of them are worth while. Plant the seed 

 where they are to remain. 



Perennial Phlox, 12x18, is one of the best of all. I raise it both 



