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careful staking to prevent them from becoming storm- 

 beaten when in bloom. Of China Asters tried last sum- 

 mer, Queen of the Market proved the best of all for cutting 

 purposes, and was also the earliest to Hower. The stems were 

 stiff and of good length. Peach-blossom is a pretty shade of 



pleasing color and as fragrant or more so than any other kind. 

 Mignonette requires a moist soil or plenty of water applied to 

 keep it going all the summer, and then the more they are cut 

 the better the plants will flower, and the same is true of Sweet 

 Peas. There is a threatened scarcity of the supplv of Sweet 



Fig. 23. — Tlie Great Madrona of San Rafael — See page 146. 



pink, and when grown in quantity produced a very pleasing 

 effect, as did also the dark crimson General Jacqueminot, 

 quite the best dark Aster I have met. With Mignonette, the 

 Giant Crimson has proved the best and most vigorous variety 

 indoors and outside in summer. The spikes are large, of a 



Pea-seeds, and the price has been raised accordingly by some 

 dealers. These should be among the first seeds sown out-of- 

 doors, so that it is wise to obtain them early. If the flowers are 

 picked clean every day they will continue to appear until frost 

 comes. When once allowed to seed, then flowering is over. 



