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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Home of Mrs. F. H. Gibbs, St. Anthony Park. 



A group of mixed evergreens look very pretty and are nice in 

 winter when the other trees are bare. 



All roses do best' planted in the spring. I would prefer planting 

 in the hedge row, leading from the street back into the garden, as 

 they are much easier to cultivate, to cover and uncover. Plant the 

 shorter ones in front and grade them back according to height. All 

 roses except the yellow and climbers should be pruned back half, as 

 they bloom on the new wood, the yellow blooming on the old wood, 

 and the climbers on the side shoots. 



The hydrangea should have half of the new wood cut out, and all 

 weak branches. 



The perennials are Japanese anemone, coreopsis lanceolata, 

 columbine, campanula, foxglove, larkspur, bleeding heart, gaillardia, 

 hypericum, forget-me-not', phlox, poppies, platycodon, pinks, peon- 

 ies, pyrethrum, Shast'a daisy, and all the different kinds of lilies. 

 Many of these are better for being planted in the fall; especially 

 phlox and peonies are about a year ahead by doing so. A very 

 pretty way to use perennials is in a border along a driveway or in 

 a bed having irregular lines next to a building. 



All driveways should be laid out in graceful curves, and using 

 a shrub at the back, here and there, witb larkspur, foxglove, phlox 

 and pyrethrum as a background, grading all other perennials ac- 



