A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



keep my private trowel and flower scissors, to 

 which are attached long red ribbons as a 

 warning of "Hands off!" to others. There 

 is also a clipper which I often use in walk- 

 ing about to trim a bit here and there from 

 a shrub or a climbing Rose. 



If a scrap-book be kept, in which every- 

 thing of interest pertaining to the garden 

 can be pasted or written, it will be found a 

 great help. In this way items about ferti- 

 lizers, insecticides, special treatment of plants, 

 with copies of lists ordered, can be pre- 

 served, and also, most interesting of all, 

 notes of when the different plants bloom 

 each year. I find the following under date 

 of October 18, 1901: 



"To-day, though ice has formed three 

 times, I have filled nineteen vases with flowers. 

 They are Phlox, Larkspur, Monkshood, 

 Salvia, Nasturtium, Roses, Mignonette and 

 Chrysanthemums." 



After trying many kinds of gloves for 

 gardening, including the rubber ones, I now 



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