THE GARDEN AT HOME 



varieties that are well worthy, if not altogether to super- 

 sede, at least to be grown in company with, the old ones. 

 I may have said enough to raise an interest in the 

 newer flowers in the bosom of the home gardener, and 

 to point the right way of his going. 



Probably the chief reason why so many home gardens 

 are filled with inferior flower varieties is that the owner 

 buys cheap " stuff/' either in the shape of seed or seedlings 

 or grown plants. Now that is not the way to stock one's 

 garden to the best advantage. It is an easy matter to 

 increase the majority of hardy flowers, so the plan I 

 recommend is not to buy fifty inferior sorts, but rather 

 to invest the money in half a dozen superior ones. This 

 plan repays one tenfold in the end, for by one of the 

 chief methods of propagation, by cuttings, seeds, or 

 division, quite a large stock of the new-comer can be 

 worked up in a season or two. Thus, in time, the home 

 garden will be filled from end to end with the best flowers, 

 and there will be no room for those of inferior merit. 

 If the gardener thinks the time will lag while the 

 plants are growing and the stock increasing, little can 

 he know of the joys of " striking " cuttings, of sowing 

 seeds and watching the seedlings develop. Why, half 

 the joy of flower-growing is found in filling beds and 

 borders with home-grown seedlings. They are always 

 nearer and dearer to one's affections than those that are 

 bought. 



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