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So is scabiosa, especially the dark purple sort, 
if a bit of soft yellow is used with it to bring 
out the intense richness of its coloring. 
What would I advise for vines? That de- 
pends on where I wanted to use them. If 
for covering an unsightly building, I would 
give first choice to the wild cucumber because 
of its exceedingly rapid growth, its pretty foli- 
age, and still prettier flowers. For hiding an 
old fence nothing is better than the sweet pea, 
when given a support of brush four or five 
feet high. For planting by the veranda to 
furnish shade, I would use the Japan hop, a 
rapid grower, with dark green foliage broadly 
marked with creamy white. For screens for 
doorway and window the best vine we have is 
the good old morning glory. 
‘Tea roses are not annuals, but they can be 
treated as if they were, and made to do sum- 
mer duty in the garden. Plant them about a 
foot and a half apart, in very rich soil. This 
is important, for no rose will do well in a soil 
of only moderate richness. I would advise 
two-year-old. plants, as they will make a 
stronger growth than younger plants. Put 
them out any time after the first of May. 
By all means have some dahlias. ‘The 
newer varieties of this fine old flower are 
among the best of our late-flowering plants. 
If given a rich soil, and kept moist at the 
root all through the season they will grow to 
a height of six or eight feet, and produce great 
quantities of brilliant or delicately colored 
flowers which will be found equally effective 
in garden decoration or for use in large bowls 
and vases in the house. But be sure that the 
soil in which you plant them is very rich. 
That is the secret of successful dahlia culture. 
I have neglected to make mention of the 
cosmos. I would not like to let slip the 
chance to speak a good word for this lovely 
flower. It is rather late in coming into bloom, 
but if protected from early frosts, it will 
rapidly mature. during the pleasant weather 
that almost always follows the first cold spell 
of autumn, and nothing can equal it in pro- 
fusion of bloom at.a time when there is little 
left in the garden to delight the eye. It will 
be found excellent for cutting, 
Care must be taken to guard young plants 
of the aster, from the ravages of the black 
beetle. -As soon as any ‘of these voracious in- 
sects are seen, prepare an infusion of the Ivory 
soap in use in the kitchen. Melt half a five- 
cent cake of it and add the liquid to a pailful 
of water. Spray-your_plants all over with this 
best of all homemade insecticides, and promptly 
repeat the operation if the first application 
does not put the beetle to rout. 
Weeding is not pleasant work, but it is 
something that can not be neglected if one 
would have good flowers. “There are several 
weeders onthe market that do good work, 
and do it much more expeditiously, and better, 
than it can be done by hand. The use of these 
greatly simplifies the most laborious part of 
gardening. Large weeds—though none ought 
to be all 
terminated with the hoe. Every weed that 
is allowed to ripen seed will furnish enough 
to fill the garden with its progeny next sea- 
son; therefore make it a rule to cut down 
every one before it can perpetuate itself. 
Transplanting can be done to the best ad- 
vantage on a cloudy day. But if cloudy days 
do not happen along at the right time, we 
must transplant seedlings when the proper 
time comes, for to neglect them then would 
interfere with their future welfare. If the 
weather is bright and sunny do the work after 
sundown. Make a little hole in the ground 
with a pointed stick, drop the roots of the 
plant into it, press the soil about it, and then 
water well. Shade the plants for three or 
four days, if the weather continues sunny. 
