IN SUMMER 



this plan will be inferior in every respect in fall 

 to those kept in pots on the veranda. 



BEDS of plants of ornamental foliage, like 

 the Coleus, Alternanthera, Achyranthes, 

 Pyrethrum, and Centaurea, will require con- 

 stant and careful attention if you would have 

 them afford entire satisfaction. If planted in 

 rows or patterns, they must be clipped two or 

 three times a week to prevent the several colors 

 used from reaching out beyond the limits as- 

 signed them and blending with other colors, 

 thus destroying that distinctness of outline 

 upon which much of the beauty of a bed of 

 foliage plants depends. This clipping can be 

 done easily, however, by running the pruning- 

 shears along the row, or about the edges of the 

 pattern, cutting away whatever branches have 

 straggled across the line. Dying leaves must 

 be removed promptly, for neatness is all- 

 important in this phase of gardening. 



Marguerite Carnations are worthless as 

 summer bloomers. They seldom perfect a 

 flower before the last of September. But they 

 are among the best of our late-flowering plants, 

 and no garden ought to be without them. 



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