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slugs, and aphis. All these are readily controlled 

 if prompt attention is given. Otherwise the 

 plants will soon become diseased and unsightly. 

 However, the satisfaction of having an abundance 

 of these most beautiful and fragrant flowers,. con- 

 tinuously through the whole season, will amply 

 repay the trouble and care necessary for success. 

 It might be well to consider this in planting, and 

 see that roses are set in accessible spots on ac- 

 count of dusting, spraying and other care. 



For shade, or for screen porches, or verandas, 

 plant clematis, large and small flowering, ipomea, 

 Dutchman's pipe, climbing roses, and honey- 

 suckles. They are usually quick-growing, and 

 hardy, and usually free from disease and insects. 



For rich, damp soils, try the eulalias, gracil- 

 lima, zebrina, and variegata. They show best in 

 single clumps, and require considerable room. 



For ease of culture, and great profusion of 

 bloom, for cut flowers, plant hardy perennials. 

 Once established, they flourish year after year 

 with very little care or attention. In this class 

 are dicentras, hardy phlox, shasta daisy, golden 

 glow, hardy perennial poppies, iris, peonies, and 

 columbine. For early spring blooming, hardy 

 bulbs, that are planted in October, such as tulips, 

 hyacinths, crocus, and daffodils, are indispensable. 

 But in the spring, these beds should be planted, in 

 between the rows of bulbs, with gladiolus, tube- 

 roses, verbenas, petunias, asters, and zinnias, for 

 succession and for blooms to cover the beds after 

 the winter bulbs have died down. For flowering 

 shrubs plant spirea von Houtii, wigelea, white 

 or red, hydrangea arborescence, which is far su- 



