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grant, and blue in color. The bells hang from tall 

 stems. The leaves are long and grass-like. The 

 height is from eight to twelve inches. It is bulbous. 

 Propagate by offsets and give it occasionally a top 

 dressing of manure. Scilla nutans blooms in May 

 and June and prefers half-shade. There are varie- 

 ties, white, pink, and purple. 



HOLLY should be used for hedges and ornamen- 

 tal bushes. Some varieties grow very well in certain 

 parts of the United States. 



HONEYSUCKLE grows easily in any garden. 

 It is a luxuriant creeper and is generous with its 

 blossoms and lavish in fragrance. Use it for hedges 

 and to climb over walls, arbors, trellises, gates and 

 wire screens. 



IVY. English ivy is a climbing and trailing ever- 

 green sub-shrub, with beautiful large, dark-green 

 leaves, richly veined, and of graceful heart-shape. 

 The flowers are inconspicuous, but the berries, al- 

 most jet-black, are decorative. Propagate by half- 

 ripe cuttings in rich, damp soil and protect in win- 

 ter. Ivy prefers shade. It blossoms in June and 

 July. 



LADY'S-SMOCK (Cardamine pretensis) will 

 grow in sun, or shade, but prefers a moist soil. 

 Propagate by division. Its blossoms are pinkish lilac 



