A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



month. While these flowers are still lovely, 

 the tall Hollyhocks begin to flower, each 

 plant sending up from three to Ave stalks. 

 Then, by the time the Hollyhock stalks are 

 cut down, the Hydrangeas, which are trimmed 

 back very severely every autumn, are a mass 

 of white. JNIeanwhile the Rudbeckias, for 

 quite six weeks, form a yellow background. 

 The illustrations show this row of flowers 

 while the Narcissi, Peonies, Foxgloves, and 

 Hydrangeas are successively in blossom. 



Early in June, I transplant into peren- 

 nial borders, wherever a spot can be found, 

 clumps of Asters, Cosmos and other late 

 annuals, which are beautiff^l in September 

 and October when most flowers have ceased 

 to bloom. 



From September twentieth to October 

 fifteenth is a busy time in the garden. New 

 beds and borders should be made then. The 

 plants in all borders four years old should 

 be lifted, and the beds or borders spaded 

 deeply with plenty of manure, the plants 



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