A WOMAN'S HARDY GARDEN 



The Followixg Axxuals Should be. Sown in the Seed-bed 

 About April T\\t:xtieth to May First 



Antirrhimun, or Snapdragon, growing 

 eighteen inches high. If sown in early INIay 

 they will bloom from August until late 

 autumn. The same is true of the German 

 Ten-weeks Stocks, which have a long period 

 of bloom. The white ones are, most lovely. 



Asters, all varieties ; sow a quantity. 

 They are not only beautiful, but they give 

 an abundance of blossoms in late Septem- 

 ber and early October, when flowers are be- 

 ginning to be scarce. I prefer the Giant, 

 Comet, Ostrich Plume and the late-flowering 

 branching kind. Of these last, "Purity" 

 (snow-white) and "Daybreak" (shell-pink) 

 are the best, often bearing thirty flowers on 

 a plant and lasting, in water, fivo. days. A 

 small quantity of wood -ashes stirred into 

 the soil of the Aster bed is a fine fertil- 

 izer and destroys insects that attack the 

 roots. Transplant in June to wherever they 

 are to blossom. 



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