BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



very brilliant flower, blooming in late summer and 

 fall. It grows about two feet tall. 



Marigold is a puff ball flower of the brightest yel- 

 low and orange. You can have either tall or dwarf 

 ones and they bloom all summer. 



Nicotiana is one of the dearest flowers we have 

 for it sends its delicious perfume out at sunset to 

 soothe all the other flowers as they doze off to sleep. 

 It grows two feet tall with large white trumpets 

 which the evening insects love. It blooms all sum- 

 mer until frost. 



Scabiosa grows about 18 inches tall, a slender 

 plant which does not take up much room. The blos- 

 soms have very long stems and come in the richest 

 shades of red, looking like velvet, also in white 

 and pink. They bloom in late summer. 



Sunflowers are so big it seems almost as though 

 we should put them by themselves. They sometimes 

 grow ten feet high and have blossoms 20 inches 

 across. There are some smaller varieties but they 

 are all too large to put among the more delicate 

 flowers. They come single and double and are a 

 bright yellow in color, blooming in summer. 



Zinnias are to me the homeliest, flower we have ; 

 they are very stiff, look as though they were made 

 out of paper and seldom come in pretty colors, but 



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