THE BEDDING-OUT PLANTS 



four, for there is always a large bed of about 

 four dozen Scarlet Salvia (the Bonfire variety 

 is the best), whose brilliant colour and sturdy 

 growth cannot be spared. They begin to 

 blossom in July. By driving a tall stake in 

 the center, and other stakes around the 

 edge of the bed of Salvia, it can be covered 

 with burlaps or carriage covers when the 

 nights are frosty and preserved in all its 

 beauty until November. 



Dahlias can be grown in rows in the veg- 

 etable garden, if there be no other place 

 for them. They are decorative and desirable 

 for cutting. Plant two or three tubers in a 

 hill about the third week in April. They 

 should be planted eight inches deep and 

 three feet apart, and kept well staked. The 

 soil should not be too rich, or they will all 

 grow to stalk and leaf, and blossom but lit- 

 tle. All the varieties are lovely, the Cactus 

 kind more so, perhaps, than the others. In 

 the autumn, when the tops have been killed 

 by the frost, the tubers must be taken up, 



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