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advent of winter frosts. They are true perennials 

 and increase in vigor and beauty each succeeding 

 year. For massing or planting at intervals in mixed 

 borders they are beautiful subjects. Their charm- 

 ing bright colors are pleasing to the eye and the 

 delicious wild-flower-like scent of the blooms is un- 

 like that of any other garden plants. Phloxes thrive 

 in an open, fully exposed, sunny border, either plant- 

 ed by themselves or mixed with other herbaceous 

 plants. They are not particular as to soil so long 

 as it has been well enriched previous to planting and 

 is given an occasional mulch of rotted manure. 



PELARGONIUMS 



Pelargoniums, or Lady Washington geraniums, 

 are among the most beautiful of our summer and 

 fall flowering plants. They offer a rich and varied 

 assortment of colors or combination of colors, and 

 the ease with which they may be grown should rec- 

 ommend them to all. 



To do well they require a sunny position and a 

 perfectly drained soil which is not too rich. They 

 are at home against a south wall where the reflected 

 rays of a summer sun would destroy the bloom on 

 almost any other plant. To keep them in shape they 

 should be pinched back from time to time previous 

 to the blooming season. By stopping the growth in 

 this manner, many flowering lateral growths are 

 produced. 



FUCHSIAS 



Fuchsias do well in any well protected north bor- 

 der and bloom in great profusion during the greater 

 part of the year. Give them a well prepared soil 

 which has been thoroughly enriched with decom- 

 posed manure and a copious supply of water during 

 hot weather. 



