A WOMAN'S HARDY GARDEN 



JMonkshood, Platycodon, Coreopsis, Hibiscus 

 and Pinks. If, when transplanting, each plant 

 is set with a trowelful of manure, the result 

 will be plants twice as large by the first of 

 October, when they can be again transplanted 

 to their permanent places. 



Oriental Poppies and Pinks should also 

 be sown in the perennial seed-bed. 



Oriental Poppies, with gi^eat blossoms as 

 large as a tea plate borne on strong stems, 

 make a grand show about the end of INIay 

 and beginning of June. 



Pinks, too, should be in every garden, if 

 only for their delicious, spicy odor. The 

 Chinensis, or China Pinks, are the best. 



Sweet Williams and Oriental Poppies need 

 not be moved from the time they are sown 

 until finally transplanted in the autumn. 



Yucca Jilamentosa, the hardy native of 

 INIexico, sends up, about the tenth of July, 

 great stalks six to eight feet high, bearing 

 masses of white flowers. The individual 

 blossoms are of creamy waxy texture and as 



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