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the ordinary orange (or sometimes called day lily), and give off a dainty 

 fragrance. 



Planted among stocky, bushy plants, they raise their slender flower 

 stalks above the surroundings, and gleam out like golden stars. 



Divide the roots in the usual way, at least every fall. We have found 

 that constant division of most roots guarantees much larger bloom the next 



SWEET PEAS 



The sweet pea is a flower which should be in every garden. Many 

 people will say that sweet peas are too hard to grow and need too much 

 care to be worth bothering about, but with a little attention and careful 

 watching, sweet peas can be made to bloom from early summer to fall. 

 Seeds should be bought carefully, and early. Good, rich soil is needed. 



It is not necessary to have the sweet peas planted in a row alongside 

 the back yard fence. They will grow anywhere, and many gardeners plant 

 them in the centre of large beds, with branches of trees or shrubs for the 

 plants to cling to. 



Care must be taken in preparing the soil. Dig a trench a foot or more 

 deep, and place in it some well-rotted manure. Then cover this with several 

 inches of good loam, and plant the seeds. As the tiny shoots appear, keep 

 sprinkling earth over them until they are covered to the depth of several 

 inches. In this way a strong, sturdy growth is assured, as the roots have 

 taken firm hold in the earth. Be sure to provide netting or branches, up 

 which the plants may grow. And don't fail to cut the flowers off every 

 day. The more sweet peas are picked the better and more profuse the 

 bloom. The flower will collapse if left to bear the double burden of flower 

 and seed production. Give plenty of water. 



Most amateur gardeners do not classify sweet peas according to color, 

 but it is a good plan. E. T. Cook, in The Canadian Courier, recently gave 

 the following classification, which is about the best yet published: 



White< — Dorothy Eckford, White Spencer, Nora Unwin, White Won- 

 der, Shaasta. 



Lavender (a lovely color in sweet peas) — Lady Grisel Hamilton, Flor- 

 ence Nightingale, Countess of Radnor. 



Pink and rose (these shades are delightful, clear and useful in all 

 forms of dainty decorations) — John Ingman, Countess Spencer, Arthur 

 Unwin, Beatrice Spencer, Dainty, Apple Blossom, Gladys Unwin, Queen of 

 Spain. 



Red or scarlet and crimson — King Edward, Queen Alexandra, Chrissie 

 Unwin, Coccinea, which is usually regarded as a cerise shade. 



Salmon and orange shades — St. George, Bolton Pink, Earl Spencer, 

 Evelyn Byatt, George Herbert, Henry Eckford. 



Purple and bluish shades — Frank Dolby, Countess of Cadogan, Ten- 

 nant Spencer, Captain of the Blues, Shapzada, Black Knight, Lord Nelson, 

 Navy Blue, Tom Bolton. 



Primrose and buff — Dora Breadmore, Mrs. Breadmore, Mrs. Collier. 



THE CALLA LILY OR ARUM LILY 



The calla lily, so beautiful, so stately, so remotely aloof in its bearing, 

 BO Intimately connected with the saddest of all ceremonials, has from time 

 Immemorial been cultivated as the one choicest of all house plants. 



I wonder how many know that this "wonderful white lily belongs to tlie 

 same family that numbers among its members the odd "Jack-in-the-pulpit," 

 and the odorous "skunk cabbage," two wild flower plants known to every 

 lover of the wild? 



Indeed, the arum family is peculiar, in that it possesses one of the 



