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form, also have fragrance. Why buy half a 

 loaf when for the same money and care you can 

 get a whole loaf? 



Mr. W. J. Chittenden, F. R. H. S. and editor 

 of Garden Life, in the splendid article on 

 roses contributed by him to Black's Gardening 

 Dictionary (a most useful volume of 1,237 

 pages), refers to the keen disappointment felt by 

 flower lovers because so many fine roses lack the 

 charm of fragrance. "In the old-fashioned 

 Hybrid Perpetuals fragrance was more common 

 than it is among the present race of Hybrid 

 Teas; it is, however, satisfactory to note that 

 many of these are deliciously scented, and some 

 raisers make this one of their ideals." He gives 

 the names of fifty varieties in which fragrance 

 is especially pronounced. 



WHY BULBS AND PERENNIALS? 



Flowers from bulbs are usually so lovely and 

 so easily grown that there is no excuse for not 

 having some in every garden. Even the busy 

 farmer's wife can find a few odd moments in 

 the autumn to remove a small portion of turf 

 here and there, loosen up the soil and mix with 

 it some bone meal or old manure (fresh manure 

 should never be used with bulbs), and then 

 replace it firmly after inserting a crocus or 

 narcissus bulb. If this is done on an orna- 

 mental lawn the mower must spare these spots 

 until the bulb's leaves have become yellow. 



