HARDY FLOWERS 



they grow very heavy as they grow older. If you 

 are training them on a board fence, as I have no 

 doubt many of my city friends must do, a piece of 

 tape laid across the stem and tacked each side will 

 keep the vine in the position you wish it. 



AN AMERICAN PILLAR ROSE ON A BAMBOO FISHING POLE SUPPORT 



A single stake is enough for Dahlias, Hardy As- 

 ters, and other tall flowers if they need a support. 

 Tie a string to the stake near the ground, then take 

 the ends around the main stem of the plant and back 

 again around the stake. Do not draw them too close 

 together; allow the plant some freedom. Put as 

 many strings up the plant as it seems to require, 



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