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ROSES of climbing varieties are excellent, if pruned and cared for. 



THE BANKSIA are very desirable, as they are beautiful and thornless. 

 They are excellent to plant close by hydrants. 



THK TECOMAS are very fine as vines. These and the Bignonias are very 

 beautiful, and as they are rapid growers, they are Very desirable in the 

 southern part of the State. They are in bloom for a long time. The 

 different colored flowers give chance for attractive variety. 



PLUMBAGO is one of our most attractive and most desirable vines in the 

 southern counties. The great lavender colored bloom of the large 

 flowered solanum makes it one of our most choice vines. It is tender 

 of frost. 



FLOWERS 



DO NOT too greatly indulge your taste for flowers. Flowers require 

 more attention than hardy shrubs and vines, and when school is 

 closed for the long vacation they are apt to suffer. However, if ar- 

 rangement can be made to give them proper care, a few perennials, and 

 even some annuals may be planted if they are confined to borders and out- 

 of-the-way places! It should also be remembered that flower beds are 

 unsightly mounds during a great portion of the year. A few hollyhocks 

 near one of the buildings will help to decorate, while a bed of variegated 

 nasturtiums will give a flaming patch of color and, like the cosmos, will 

 afford material 

 for drawing or 

 for color lessons. 

 There are several 

 hardy varieties of 

 geraniums which 

 grow well and 

 without a great 



deal of attention. Frequent enrichment of the soil is necessary to the 

 proper growth of flowers. Aside from those named, there are few 

 flowers suitable for school yard planting, especially in the rural districts. 



There never was a mystery 

 But 'tis figured in the flowers ; 



Was never secret history 



But birds tell it in the bowers. 



