A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



I grow flowers to gather them, both for 

 the house and to give away. We keep 

 about sixty vases full in the house from 

 late INIay until October, and never allow 

 more than two colours in the same room. 

 I have a yellow room, where only yellow 

 and white flowers, or white and blue, are 

 permitted; a pink room, for white and pink 

 or pink and crimson flowers ; and a hall, 

 whose dominant tone is a rich red, where 

 the flowers are red and white. 



Some of the annuals, like Mignonette and 

 Poppies, must be sown where they are to 

 grow. JNIignonette does best in cool, rather 

 moist soil. 



Poppies, and oh ! have plenty of them 

 and all kinds. Get the Shirley Poppies, the 

 Giant Double, the fringed kind, and the 

 California with their sunny petals. Sow in 

 great numbers wherever they are wanted, 

 here and there in the borders wherever 

 there is space. If there is no other place, 

 sow them in rows in the vegetable garden. 



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