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avoided ; you can tell it by the leaf in the lower left-hand cor- 

 ner. In certain localities it will run all over the ground. Some 

 cannot handle it ; and others are so susceptible to its virus that 

 the wind blowing from it will poison them. Nature, however, 

 supplies the antidote, the common "Plantain" lower right hand 

 corner, growing nearly everywhere. Steep this plant green or 

 dry and use the "wash" freely and the poison will disappear. 



THE PANSY. 



No home seems complete without the Pansy, and they work 

 into the landscape admirably, blooming early in spring and late 

 in fall. No plant seems to have been more misunderstood. 

 Nearly all seed catalogues say, "plant the Pansy in partial 

 shade." This is erroneous advice. Turn to "Primer on Trees 

 and Birds," page 112, and see a row of white Pansies three hun- 

 dred feet in length like a snow bank in the blazing hot sun, 

 the middle of July. See also Photo 115 in the same book, and 

 learn the lesson these photos teach. The Pansy is as hardy as 

 wheat, and may be sown in the early part of September and 



Photo 175, Intelligent Landscaping. 



