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be, who still prefer dried things for winter bouquets, 

 when an ivy-wreathed window filled with a succession of 

 bulbs, ferns, or oxalis is so easily achieved ! It is too 

 harsh, perhaps, to call these minor annuals unworthy, 

 but as they are unimportant and increase the labour 

 rather than add to the pleasure, they are really un- 

 worthy of admission to the woman's garden where 

 there is only time and room for the best results. 



But here I am rambling at large instead of plainly 

 answering your question, "What annuals can we plant 

 as late as this (May 25) while we are locating the rose 

 bed ? " You may plant any or all of them up to the first 

 of June, the success of course depending upon a long 

 autumn and late frosts. No, not quite all ; the tall-grow- 

 ing sweet peas should be in the ground not later than 

 May i in this south New England latitude, though in 

 the northern states and Canada they are planted in 

 June as a matter of course. Blanche Ferry, of the 

 brilliant pink- and- white complexion, however, will do 

 very nicely in the light of a labour-saving afterthought, 

 as, only reaching a foot and a half high, little, if any, 

 brush is needed. 



We found your rose list replete with charming 

 varieties, but most of them too delicate for positive suc- 

 cess hereabouts. I'm sending you presently the list for 



