SPECIAL PURPOSES 



The Ageratum is a lovely plant for a low bed, 

 with its great masses of soft lavender flowers. 

 Fine effects are secured by using dark yellow 

 Coleus or golden Pansies as an edging, these 

 colors contrasting exquisitely with the dainty 

 lavender-blue of the Ageratum. 



" What flowers shall we grow to cut from? 

 [Would like something that is not coarse, and 

 something that will bloom for a long time, and 

 has long stems." 



At the head of the list I would place the Sweet 

 Pea. This is a favorite, everywhere, for cutting. 

 The most useful varieties are the delicate rose 

 and white ones, the pure whites, the pale pinks, 

 the dainty lavenders, and the soft primrose 

 yellows. 



The Nasturtium is an old favorite for cutting, 

 and a corner of every garden ought to be given 

 up to a few plants of it for the special purpose 

 of furnishing cut flowers. 



The Aster is a magnificent flower, — it seems 

 to be growing better and better each year, if such 

 a thing is possible, — ^and nothing else among the 

 annuals compares with it in lasting quality, when 

 cut. If the water in which it is placed is changed 

 daily, it will last for two weeks, and seem as fresh 

 at the end of that time as when first cut. The 

 most useful variety for cutting is the " Branch- 



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