A WOMAX^S HARDY GARDEN 



Island; now I have liundrcds of them, — sm- 

 gle and double, white, yellow, all shades of 

 red and pink, pale blue, and a blue one 

 with a white center almost like an Orchid; 

 many shades of purple, also purple and white. 



Holhjhochs, single and double, of all colours. 

 In order to get the desired colour effect with 

 these, keep each variety separate. 



Xo one can have too many Hollyhocks. 

 Plant them at the back of the borders among 

 the shrubbery, along fences, and in great 

 clumps in any odd corner, or around build- 

 ings ; they are never amiss, and always beau- 

 tiful. I find that a Hollyhock cannot be 

 counted upon to bloom more than three 

 years. First -year stalks are about four feet 

 high; afterwards, if in good soil, they will 

 be from six to eight feet. There were hun- 

 dreds of this size in my garden last summer, 

 each plant with from three to five towering 

 stalks of bloom. As soon as they have gone 

 to seed, I save what seed I want and the 

 stalks are then cut down and burned. By 



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