324 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Striking effects may be produced in garden or on lawn by 

 groups of foxgloves, cardinal flower, lychnis chalcedonica, tritomas, 

 hibiscus, bocconia and the tall delphiniums. 



Suitable to some retired corner or slightly protected spot are 

 pansies, lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots and perennial blue flax. 



Endeared to most of us by association are the old-fashioned 

 grass, or clove, pinks. Find some spot in bed or border for a few of 

 the old time favorites. Just before the ground freezes cover the 

 plants with dry leaves to a depth of twelve inches. Place over 

 these cornstalks or wild hay, sufficient to keep the leaves securely 

 in place. 



November first the lawn may be lightly seeded to restore the 

 thin places, and a shallow top dressing of rich soil, or some com- 

 mercial fertilizer spread upon it. 



Shrubs may usually be planted after the middle of October. 

 The same preparation of soil is necessary as for hardy herbaceous 

 plants. They may be protected in winter by a mulching of coarse 

 stable litter. Of the numbers of desirable shrubs and vines none 

 are better than spirea Van Houttii, hydrangea paniculata grandiflora 

 and the hardy honeysuckles. 



One longing for a flower garden but not knowing how to go 

 about it may receive assistance by reading "How to Make a Flower 

 Garden," Mrs. Ely's "A Woman's Hardy Garden," and Skinner's 

 "Little Gardens." 



There is no "royal road" to a beautiful flower garden. It may 

 be attained only by study, patience, industry and, I may add, many 

 tribulations. 



Mr. Philips (Wis.) : How do you keep your gladioli bulbs in 

 winter? 



Mrs. Sawyer: I store them in dry soil. 



Mr. Benjamin : Did I understand you to say that dahlias needed 

 moisture in winter? 



Mrs. Sawyer: I take them up, dry them off and put them 

 away in straw in a moderately warm place, I do not know that that 

 is the best or the proper way, but it is the way I have done and with 

 good results. 



Mr. Radabaugh: How dry ought they to be? 



Mrs. Sawyer: So the surface is dry. 



Mr. Ferris (la.) : Is the matrimony vine a hard one to winter? 



Mrs. Sawyer: I have not had it many winters, but it makes 

 such an immense growth every summer that it does not make much 

 difference. 



Mr. D. T. Wheaton: How do you separate the tubers of 

 dahlias? 



Mrs. Sawyer : With a sharp knife. 



