LITTLE GARDENS 



that some annuals, like the poppy, hollyhock 

 and portulaca, seed themselves so abundantly 

 that you have no need to plant them after the 

 first year. Arrange the garden so that the small- 

 est of Its contents shall be nearest. For the back 

 row plant vines and flowering bushes — lilac, 

 rose, rudbeckia, syringa, rose of Sharon, rhodo- 

 dendron, snowberry, snowball, smoke-tree, wei- 

 gelia, oleander (to be taken indoors In cool 

 weather), even a small magnolia; or, tall an- 

 nuals like hollyhock, sunflower, artichoke or ele- 

 campane. These will stand at a height of from 

 five to eight feet and will cover your fence from 

 view. Then, before them can be set things like 

 the tall varieties of phlox, dahlia, golden-rod, 

 Joe Pye-weed, marshmallow, yucca filamentosa 

 and mullein. Why, but these last are weeds! 

 As you please. A weed by the name of a garden 

 flower Is quite as handsome as many garden 

 flowers that are weeds In their own countries. 

 Our mullein, for instance, is really a distin- 

 guished vegetable, and If It were less common 

 we should raise It In our conservatories alongside 

 of our orchids and gloxinias. In Holland it is 

 cultivated, and Is spoken of respectfully as the 

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