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A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS 



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kalmias, Liliiim candiduni and elegans, and hardy roses are the flowers, 

 perhaps, that hold the greatest share of our admiration at this season, 

 and if June gave us hardy roses alone, our garden should be satis- 

 ^ factory. The memory of a fine collection of hardy 

 i^ roses in full bloom is worth more than all the rib- 

 bon- and carpet-beds ever devised; and in saying 

 /' this it is with full knowledge of the much-adver- 

 / tised rolls of carpet, vases, worlds of flowers, etc., 

 which South Park, Chicago, exhibits to a 

 wondering world. 



I fear that much of the benefit of the 

 y example of Mr. Olmsted's 

 and Mr. Codman's work at 

 the World's Fair was lost. 

 It was so well done and so 

 naturally done that a ma- 

 jority of the visitors 

 never suspected that a 

 < landscape gardener had 

 been employed. 



After the glori- 

 ous beauty of June 

 we might be con- 

 tent to have our 

 garden tame for a 

 month or two. But 

 there is no need 

 for tameness. At 

 the beginning of 

 July the magnifi- 

 cent Japanese irises 

 are in bloom, than 

 which there is noth- 

 ing finer. Wealthy 

 men build and 

 maintain glass 

 houses at great 

 expense to shelter 



FORSYTHl.l FORTVNEl 



