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Two Plants for Spring Setting. Chrysanthemums at 

 the Right; Hemerocallis at the Left. The Earth 

 Mark on the Stem Shows How Deep they Should be 

 Planted 190 



Old-fashioned "Tiger" Lilies Tall, Stately and Dearly 

 Loved 193 



Boltonia Asteroides is a Great Favorite, for its White 



Blossoms in August are like a Snow Drift . . . . 195 



We have so many Wonderful Climbing Roses ! These 



are Pink Dorothy Perkins Three Years Old . . . 196 



A Good Vine Produces from Twelve to Fifteen Cu- 

 cumbers 203 



Sweet Peas Should be Put into Cool Water. They Need 



Some Dainty Foliage to Bring Out Their Beauty . . 207 



Japanese Flower Holders Make Flower Arranging Easy. 

 This is a Fourth of July Bouquet, for the Rose is 

 Red and the Iris White and Blue . . * -v" ".. .-',.'. . 209 



Pansies Arranged in Moist Sand Look as though they 

 were Growing 211 



Placing Daisies and Clover in Water to "Freshen up" 



before Arranging them in Vases 213 



A Hardy Flower Garden '>v'7 ,* 216 



Hardy Larkspur Grows much Taller than the Annual 

 Variety, and after a Few Years Forms Large Bushy 

 Clumps . . , . V?;':. 217 



Columbine Blossoms are like Tiny Air Ships Swaying in 

 every Breeze 221 



Oriental Poppies are so Wonderful they Almost take 

 your Breath away 223 



Hardy Dianthus, Called "Garden Pinks," in the Fore- 

 ground. Large Ribbed Leaves of Funkia with Peony 

 Blossoms in the Background. No Wonder this Little 

 Girl has Stopped to Admire ! 224 



Iris Blossoms are like Orchids. This is a Dwarf 

 Variety, the Flowers as Blue as Forget-me-nots . . 227 



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