A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



and double white are beautiful enough to 

 satisfy any one, but the new varieties give 

 immense choice as to colour and form. 



The Japanese Tree Peonies do not die to 

 the ground every year, like the herbaceous 

 kinds, but form w^oody branches and grow 

 like a small shrub. The blossoms of these 

 Tree Peonies are truly wonderful; the only 

 care needed is a little fertilizer in the autumn 

 and a slight winter covering. They are best 

 gro^\Ti in front of the shrubbery. They 

 blossom before the herbaceous varieties. The 

 herbaceous Peonies can be grown in large 

 beds by themselves, in borders with other 

 plants, or as single specimens in the grass 

 or among the shrubs. 



Peonies start so early in the spring that 

 they should be manured in the fall, or there 

 is danger of breaking the tender shoots. 



Phlox, There is no flower in the garden 

 more beautiful, more easily cultivated, or giv- 

 ing so much bloom as the Phlox. I could 

 certainly never have a garden without it. 



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