The Waning Year and its Suggestions 

 cheery and fruitful, bountiful and rich. The old age 



J . of the year. 



Gone are the hurry of spring and the bur- 

 den of summer, the slow harvest has been 

 gathered, and repose has come to the 

 teeming earth. Now must the gardener 

 look forward and plan for the coming sea- 

 son, and set his bulbs for spring blooming, 

 and clear away the rubbish of dead stftms 

 from the flower-beds, and transplant pe- 

 rennials that they may blossom freely the 

 following summer. 



It is well in planting a garden to ar- 

 range for this season, which is so pleasing, 

 by having a profusion of hardy plants that 

 are not easily disheartened by a chill, and 

 make a brave show as the year wanes. 

 This is a care often neglected by public 

 gardeners, who stock their parterres with 

 ephemeral blooms that the first cold 

 breath destroys, leaving but a dreary 

 group of dry sticks behind. 



Well mingled with these more delicate Latebios- 

 plants should be those hardy perennials SOK 

 that lift their gallant little heads and smile 

 in the very teeth of winter. The hardy 

 Chrysanthemum, the Marigold, and Calen- 

 dula are a delight in the late autumn, with 

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