PERENNIALS 



Seeds of Hollyhocks often fail to produce 

 flowers like those of the original plant from 

 which they were taken, as the bees probably 

 mix the pollen. And self-sown Phlox is 

 almost sure to revert to the original purple. 



Every year when the Phlox blooms I find 

 purple and magenta blossoming against scar- 

 let and pink, and, because it is not possible 

 for me to root out a plant in flower, I tie 

 strips of black cambric low down around the 

 stems of such plants, that they may be 

 recognized and removed when the Autumn 

 work is being done. If, however, all the 

 purple Phloxes are placed somewhere in a 

 mass, together with a quantity of the white, 

 they become at once an object of unusual 

 beauty. 



The seeds of Salvias germinate easily and 

 by sowing them in a hot-bed or in a box in 

 a sunny window early in March, plants 

 can easily be raised which should begin to 

 blossom the end of June. The seeds may 

 even be sown in finely pulverized soil in the 

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