A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



Coj'eopsis (Grandiflora). Every one knows 

 the Coreopsis, which, by continual cutting, 

 will give abundant bloom for three months. 

 The variety with velvety maroon centers is 

 particularly fine. 



Hibiscus is very easy to raise, and should 

 be planted among and along the edge of 

 shrubbery. The plants are quite hardy, grow 

 four feet high, and masses of them in pink 

 or white are fine. They bloom in August 

 and September. 



Rockets, white and purple. These increase 

 tremendously from self- sowing, so be care- 

 ful or they will suffocate all that grows near 

 them. I have* many plants, all of which 

 have come from a single one that a colored 

 woman gave me a few years ago. She is a 

 nice comfortable old "mammy," black as the 

 ace of spades, with a great love for flowers 

 and a nice patch of them. We have ex- 

 changed plants several times. Some of the 

 nicest things I have in my garden came to 

 me in this way, and it is great fun. 



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