desired. There is a fluffy piuk Schizantlius that thrives iu the 

 open garden quite as Avell as the silver-sheeued Beauty of Trent ; 

 it is Eosamond. I need not tell you how perfect Rosamond is in 

 groups all through the garden, say, near Mignonette, blue Agera- 

 tum and dwarf heliotrope. The annual Bellflowers Loreyi, both 

 the blue and white, have been a boon to those who have not grown 

 the perennial Bellflowers, and in a new garden where so much is 

 needed and where some things are certain to be overlooked the 

 annual Bellflowers ^^ ill serve well as a representative of this beau- 

 teous family. I hope every Amateur Avill grow the Pink Enchan- 

 tress variety of asters ; it is the most worthwhile of all the annual 

 asters, and it has this excellent attribute : it never shows the ugly 

 yellow center disc at any time ; its color is a clear, fine, unfadabfe 

 pink that is charming, particularly Avhen bordered with blue or 

 mauve or purple. There are tAvo new asters of almost the size of 

 show chrysanthemums and they have a longer season of bloom 

 than any of the other asters. Their flowers are borne on firm long^ 

 stems which insure a special cutting value; these two novelties 

 are Farquhar's American Beauty Pink and American Beauty 

 Purple. How lovely they are when grown together and bordered 

 with dwarf heliotrope I 



Many annual asters succumb to yellow wilt and the aster 

 beetle, but we need not lose a single plant if, when "setting out" 

 the young stock, a sprinkling of wood ashes or lime is mixed with 

 the soil helow and above them. 



The anemone flowered and crested Cosmos, as well as the ucav 

 double hj^brids are well worth growing; so is the new hybrid 

 verbena Eose Queen. It is more compact and bushy thau our 

 good friend, Helen Willmott, and it is more silvery in tone, and 

 I say this even though Helen Willmott is a choice Verbena and 

 an exquisite floating flower. 



If you would make your gardens gay in early Summer sow 

 Shirley Poppy seed in every warm, sunny nook and cranny, but 

 soAv the seed as thinly as possible to avoid spindly, weak plants. 

 Then, should they appear crowded, thin them drastically, for 

 Shirley Poppies need more room than most gardeners realize. 



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