A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



in many colours, but I gi'ow only the tall, 

 ragged, blue variety. If not permitted to 

 go to seed, they will bloom plentifully for 

 several months. On the dinner -table Avith 

 blue and white china, and in June combined 

 with Syringa, they make a beautiful and 

 unusual decoration. 



3Iarigold, both the double African and the 

 double French. These flowers always give 

 me a pricking of the conscience, for dur- 

 ing the summer, when there are plenty of 

 others, I give them the "go by," but in 

 October turn to them with shame and thank- 

 fulness. 



Phlox JDrummondii grows about six or 

 eight inches high, and comes in many colours. 

 It makes beautiful borders, particularly the 

 Avhite, pink and dark red. 



Plumed Celosia, or Cochscomb. The new 

 varieties are very effective. 



Zinnias. Lately I have grown only two 

 varieties, a vivid scarlet and a salmon -pink. 

 They are not only lovely when growing, but 



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