every bed In which their bells chime. As the plants 

 die after fulfilling their mission of beauty it is of 

 course necessary to keep a new supply on hand, 

 which becomes a simple matter once you have formed 

 the habit of seed gathering. Like all biennials they 

 do not bloom for a year from the time of seed plant- 

 ing, therefore they must be carried over the winter; 

 to do this successfully a covering of evergreens is 

 best, as manure mulching is apt to rot the crowns. 



Hollyhocks 



I could scarcely wait all these pages to rave over 

 the incomparable hollyhock, for there is nothing that 

 adds such dignity and picturesqueness to a garden as 

 these old, but ever improved, favorites. As sentinels to 

 guard entrances, as escorts down winding paths, they 

 have no rivals, and as impromptu stars they are often 

 our greatest teachers in unpremeditated composition. 

 Massing is a fine law and as a general rule is to be 

 observed, but it is wonderful how a Richard Strauss 

 of a hollyhock can spring up in some unlooked-for 

 spot, shattering all preconceived laws of harmony, 

 transforming all our theories of arrangement. 



One hollyhock removed from its brethren and 

 standing tall and stately in a bed of other plants is 



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