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down as soon as they cease blooming, and give 

 the Salvias space and opportunity for late 

 summer and autumn blooming. The Foxgloves 

 and Canterbury Bells will give place to the 

 Asters. The white Lupins bloom before the 

 Poppies are ready, and the California Poppies 

 and Mignonette are good until frost. 



Long rows of plants are very good, but are 

 apt to become monotonous unless broken up. 

 A large clump of pink and white Peonies would 

 be a charming relief for one place, and a mass 

 of white Phlox and light and dark perennial 

 Larkspurs in another. A mass of Ricinus, or 

 Castor-Oil Plant, with dark purplish-red foli- 

 age, grouped with Salpiglossis — brilliant, crim- 

 son, scarlet, netted with golden yellow — would 

 give a decided note in the border. Another 

 effective group is a clump of C annas with large 

 massive foliage of rich bronze purple, and 

 a mass of Tritoma, the " Red-Hot Poker " 

 plant. 



There is so much excellent material and the 

 plants multiply so rapidly that if good judg- 

 ment is used in the selection of plants and seeds, 

 the border may be enlarged from year to year, 

 or the plants separated and distributed among 

 the children. 



Perennials give by far the greatest satisfac- 

 tion, for when they are once in the ground, and 



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