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middle. They 

 bloom from the 

 middle of August 

 for a month, while 

 the larkspurs are 

 small, and I think 

 will add to the 

 beauty of the bed. 

 The right time 

 to make a flower 

 garden is in the 

 fall. Perennials 

 should be planted 

 in October, to make 



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Fig. 8 — The gateway and privet hedge, photographed three months after planting 



March, 19 10 



Spencer hybrids be- 

 gm. The two best 

 "hllers" for vacant 

 places to keep up 

 continuous bloom in 

 tne garden are as- 

 ters and Shirley 

 poppies. Seed of 

 the Shirley poppies, 

 scattered on the 

 top of beds in No- 

 vember, will bloom 

 very profusely dur- 

 ing May and June. 



early growth, also 

 tulips and lilies. 

 Peonies and iris, if 

 planted in spring, 

 will not bloom for 

 a year. Trenches 

 for sweet peas 

 should have manure 

 forked into them 

 in fall, and the seed 

 planted by April 

 ist. "Earliest of 

 all" sweet peas 

 give fine bloom for 

 two weeks before 



Fig. 9 — The gladiola beds photographed August 6th 

 Fig. 1 — The asters in bloom, photographed September 6th 



When they die, the 

 seed is saved, the 

 plants pulled up, 

 and the places filled 

 with asters for Au- 

 gust and September 

 bloom. Oriental 

 poppies, after the 

 foliage turns brown, 

 I cut down to the 

 ground, and plant 

 "Little Brownie" 

 marigolds in profu- 

 sion among the 

 poppy roots. 



