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other plants. Single and double Tulips, 

 Daffodils, Emperor and Von Sion Nar- 

 cissus, Narcissus poetlcus, and single and 

 double Hyacinths, Lily-of-the-Valley, and 

 the gay little Crocuses and delicate Snow- 

 drops, once grown, will become the dearest 

 friends. The middle of October is a good 

 time to plant them. 



When the annuals have been killed by 

 frost, the plants must all be pulled up, 

 taken away to some spot far from trees or 

 buildings and burned. It is a bad practice to 

 put these dead plants on the compost heap 

 to be returned to the garden later as fer- 

 tilizer. For if the plants have been attacked 

 by any insects, their eggs may, and usually 

 do, survive the winter cold, and another 

 year the worm or insect coming from them 

 will work serious harm to the young plants. 

 The same is true of vegetable parasites, such 

 as rusts, and other fungi whose spores sur- 

 vive the winter. 



If your garden possesses Phlox or large 

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