A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



bination cannot be had in one bed, there 

 should be a second for plants that want less 

 sun. Biennials must, of course, be sown 

 every year, as tliey bloom but once, then die. 



Every year some perennials will disappear, 

 killed by severe winters, by pests of one kind 

 or another, or dying without apparent cause. 

 To keep up the supply, therefore, some of 

 each variety should be raised every year. 



Foxgloves and Sweet Williams, if allowed 

 to go to seed, will sow themselves and in- 

 crease rapidly. The same with Hollyhocks, 

 but, except on the edges of shrubberies 

 and in wild borders, it is better to cut the 

 stalk just before the seed is ready to fall, 

 and save it to sow in the seed-bed. 



In my garden, some seventy miles from 

 New York, and where the spring opens ten 

 days later, I sow my seeds, — the perennials 

 about the tenth of April and the annuals 

 from April twentieth to May first. Buy the 

 seeds, if the garden is large, by the ounce or 

 half-ounce; if small, in the seedsman's pack- 



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