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Gardening for Amateurs 



Hardy Ornamental Grasses 



THESE are useful and charming 

 subjects for cultivation in the garden, 

 and are now recognised as indis- 

 pensable for vase decoration and for 

 bouquets. They are effective if grown 

 in a mixed border ; some look well in the 

 rockery or among ferns, and most, if cut 

 on a dry day and kept in a cool place, 



will retain their brilliance and beauty for 

 a long time. Many can be dyed to increase 

 their charm. For early planting they can 

 be sown in the cold frame in February or 

 March, but if small 6-inch circles be drawn 

 in the border and the seed sown thinly in 

 these in April and May, they will figure 

 prominently when the garden is at its best. 



