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offering to the ever hopeful gardeners seed that is 

 years old. 



After the plants have been established two years, 

 root division should begin. From that time on it is 

 necessary to be generous and begin giving plants 

 away to friends. 



The salmon-pink phlox is beyond compare, and is 

 too beautiful to be mitigated by any combination un- 

 less it be with the pure white Miss Xiingard. One of 

 the richest effects I've seen was wrought by a long 

 hedgelike border of the red phloxes alone. We have 

 found that the hardy phloxes require moisture to do 

 their best, therefore we changed them frequently un- 

 til we discovered the most naturally moist, yet sun- 

 shiny portion of the garden. 



Sweet WUliam 



For stability and a fine tone of time there is the 

 Sweet William, without which no garden seems a real 

 garden. Growing readily from seed they are prac- 

 tically immortal, for, although called biennials, such 

 is their habit of reseeding their own beds, if a 

 plant ever perishes there are so many children to take 

 its place, one never thinks of the departed mother. 



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