SPRING IN THE 

 CARD EN : : : 



HE amateur gardener is often 

 at a loss as to what flowers to 

 select for her garden. She 

 would like kinds which give 

 the greatest amount of bloom 

 throughout the season and 

 which require the least pos- 

 sible amount of care. The woman who is in 

 this quandary will do well to remember that 

 years of trial have proved the superior merits 

 of what may be called the " old-fashioned flow- 

 ers," and it will be wise for her to select from 

 them, for the most part, the garden she is 

 planning for the coming summer. These flow- 

 ers will never disappoint; they do not ask for 

 constant care ; they give rich returns for all the 

 attention expended on them; and anyone can 

 grow them. 



I am so often asked to give a list of a dozen 

 kinds of annuals which I consider best adapted 

 to culture in the ordinary garden that it may 

 not be amiss to give it here. It is : Aster, Pe- 



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