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Eight different kinds of flowers, planted in rows, together 

 •with 2,ooo crocus in the lawn, have given continuous bloom 

 since March 25th. The flowers are crocus, tulip, sweet 

 william, foxgloves, hollyhock, phlox, golden glow, cosmos 

 and asters. The time of bloom, height, color and number 

 of each used in this space 11x66 feet may be found in the 

 following table : 



TABLE FOR CONTINUOUS BLOOM. 



Beds 1 1x66 feet. 



Time Bloom Plants 



Name Rows 



Color Height 



Aug. 20-Sept. 10. 176 



Golden Glow. .3 



Yellow 8 ft. 



June 1 5 -Aug. i . . 88 



Hollyhocks ... 2 



Pink 



July 1 5 -Oct. I . . . 80 



Early Cosmos. . i 



White 6 " 



Illustration Figure 6 shows a portion of this larkspur 

 bed, 5-32 feet, alongside of the driveway. It contains 621 

 plants and bulbs, and also has continuous bloom from 

 April 15th until frost, with four kinds of flowers. 

 April 15-May 15.250 Tulips, "Kaiserkroon" 

 May 15-June 15.. 75 Columbines (Aquilegia) 

 June i-Oct. I .... 152 Hardy Larkspur (Delphinium) 

 Aug. 15-Sept. 15.. 144 Asters, "Lavender Gem" 



621 



The tulips, six inches apart, in one row, are all around 

 the outside edge of the bed, and were planted in October. 

 This June their places were filled with asters for September 

 flowering. Columbines, single and double, and of all colors. 



Fig. 4 — The garden ten months old, showing the physotegia bed, 

 photographed August 6th 



Fig. 5 — Side view in formal garden showing grass walks and flower 

 beds, photographed July 8th 



Fig. C — ^. poition of a tlriirty-foot bed of continuous Ltooms from April 

 1 5th until frost; tulips, columbines, larkspur and asters 



Fig. 7 — A view of the twin beds showing sweet wilfiam m liont, fox 

 g\&ve next and hollyhocks in the rear, photographed July 8th 



TWO-FOOT GRASS WALK FOR SPRAYING. 



Time Bloom Plants 



Aug. I -Sept. 15. . 175 

 May 15-July 15 . . 64 

 May 15-JuIy 1 5.. 1 00 

 April 15-May 15 .250 

 Aug. 15-Sept. 15. 80 



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Name Rows 



Color 



Height 



Hardy Phlox. . . 2 



Pink 





Foxgloves .... I 



White 



4-6 ft. 



Svv'eet William . i 



Red 



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Early Tulips . . i 



Red 



i' " 



Asters i 



White 



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Mch. 25-Apr. 25. . .2,000 crocus planted in lawn. 



form the second row entirely around the beci; while the 

 tall, hardy larkspurs, also planted last fall, and growing to 

 the height of five feet, fill the long center with a mass of 

 blue bloom during June and July. By cutting oft each 

 stalk close to the ground as soon as the flower fades, loos- 

 ening up the soil about the roots, and putting a handful of 

 manure about each plant, the larkspurs are helped to send 

 up fresh stalks half the height of the first ones, each stalk 

 bearing flowers, smaller in size, but large enough to keep 

 the bed looking well up to frost. This fall I intend to 

 plant two dozen lililum speciosum one foot apart down the 



