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styles, wear tlie best materials, and what is a good deal more to the 

 purpose, they know how to wear them gracefully and becomingly. 

 If the independent land owners of southern Ontario, only knew it, 

 there is very little that they need desire, and certainly nothing in 

 the west. 



MIDSUMMER A^D AUTUMN FLOWEIIING SHRUBS AND 

 PLANTS FOR THE DECORATION OF GARDENS. 



BY WILLIAM C. BARRY. 

 (Continued from July No., page 112.) 

 For midsummer decoratiou the 



HOLLYHOCK 



proves veiy effective. As it attains a height of from six to eight feet it is 

 useful to plant at the back of borders of shrubbery, and it may also be 

 arranged in beds or planted alone. In July no flower is more attractive!, 

 and their long spikes of large rosette-shaped blooms of beautiful and 

 brilliant shades of color present a charming appearance. No garden which 

 lays claim to comi)leteness can afford to dispense with so great an attraction. 

 Hollyhocks are raised easily from seed planted in the open ground in July, 

 so that the young plants may become strong enough by autumn to survive 

 the winter by being slightly protected. They can be lifted early in the 

 spring, transplanted, and tliey will flower in July and August. Propagation 

 by division is performed in autumn as soon as possible after the plants have 

 flowered. The roots should be dug up and cut into as many pieces as there 

 are shoots, and these pieces can be i-eplanted. We raise our plants entirely 

 from seed, and as the varieties are constantly changing I will not endeavdr 

 to giva any list. 



Another valuable class of summer-flowering plants are the 



DELPHINIUMS, OR LARKSPURS, 



which exhibit a wonderful variety of beautiful colors and shades, from pale 

 blue to black. In the mixed border they are superb. Tall and conspicuous 

 when in flower, they never fail to arrest the attention of even the most 

 unobserving. Their culture is easy, and, like other perreniajs, they can 

 be increased by division in the fall. 



THE DAHLIA 



is still recognized as a most valuable fall flowering plant, but it is not 

 nearly so popular now as it was some years ago. The culture is so easy 

 and so well understood that I do not deem it necessary to refer to it in this 

 article. Neither will I occupy your time in naming and describing the 

 many select kinds now grown — tlxe xiames of which axe to be found in the 

 Xrade catalogues. 



