bloomers, it should be remembered, must be taken up for Winter 

 storing. So many have been lost, I understand, because they were 

 left out in the cold all through the Winter instead of being made 

 comfortable in a frost-proof cellar. 



The W^hite Fairy Lily Candida (Zephyranthes) is a sweet 

 and faithful blooming companion to dwarf maidenhair ferns, as 

 well as a border to the lily garden and Rosea's the Pink Fairy 

 Lily's three-inch blossoms are really perfect near blue and mauve 

 flowers- I saw Candida and white Carpathian harebells in undu- 

 lating lines serving as a border for a long section of a perennial 

 garden. The lacy foliage of the Carpathian harebells and the 

 slender, grasslike drooping foliage of the Fairy Lilies made such 

 a happy combination, besides being very refreshing to look upon. 

 It was so green and white so cool appearing, so sweet-scented on 

 the hot day I saw it. I suggest that you do not plant your Fairj 

 Lilies (Zephyranthes) until there is settled warmth, as nothing 

 is gained by hurrying the bulbs into a cold soil. 



Do grow a few straight-stemmed, round-headed standard 

 roses in large pots for the terrace, open sun room or loggia. The 

 prolific blooming hybrid-tea roses with good foliage will serve 

 us well here. 



Neatly painted stakes should be "set" when the standards 

 are planted in their twelve-inch pots, in which there has been 

 placed at the bottom the usual inch or so of small stones, etc., for 

 drainage. The roots must be in firmly packed soil of extreme rich- 

 ness, with a full inch of space left at the top of the pot for feeding 

 and watering. A tablespoonful of finely ground bone meal should 

 be mixed with the soil that is packed about the roots; later pul- 

 verized sheep manure should be worked into the top soil, and this, 

 through watering, will provide food as well as a mulch. A two- 

 tined, long-handled kitc.hen testing fork is an excellent tool for 

 cultivating our pot-growing specimens, or for any work that must 

 be done in a small space. Tree roses grown in this way are among 

 the unquestioned of our intimate garden pleasures, for we may 

 have theiu indoors oc out with ease, under our very eyes where we 

 raav enjoy them for many months through the Summer and 



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