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The single and semi-double HOLLYHOCKS are 

 easily grown from seed, and blossom the second 

 season. They should be planted in clumps of 

 from five to seven, and used through the main beds 

 of the garden, among the Phlox, etc., for the tall 

 flower spikes will rise above the other plants and the 

 lower parts of the stalks, which are apt to become 

 bare about blooming time, will be hidden. Save 

 the seeds of the best colours, for they will be more 

 reliable than any that you buy. I never could see 

 any attraction in the Allegheny Hollyhock with its 

 tight, ungraceful rosettes; it does not compare, 

 either in form or colour, to the single. Hollyhocks 

 look well in clumps of two or three in a row in 

 front of a brick or stone wall; or large clumps at 

 the bottom of a flight of steps. If your plants are 

 bothered by red spiders spray the under side of the 

 leaves with soapy water, and continue the spraying 

 during hot weather. If the blight affects any of 

 your plants they should be destroyed; but to pre- 

 vent it spray the plants as soon as they begin to 

 grow in the Spring with water in which soap and 

 flowers of sulphur have been dissolved. Trans- 

 plant Hollyhocks to the garden very early in the 



