, hybrid-ted. roses, such as Caroline Testout, Mrs. W J. Grant, or 

 Lady Ashtown, all three pink, and so sturdy that the climbing 

 heliotrope when tied in to their strong canes does not hurt them 

 in the least, and the effect of the velvety lavender purple with the 

 pink of these roses — you can, I know, picture the loveliness of-it. 

 When planting it to be "tied in" with a climbing pink hybrid- 

 tea rose only one climbing heliotrope should be used for each 

 climbing hybrid-tea rose. The rich soil for the roses meets the 

 rather epicurean demands of the Eoyal Highness heliotrope. 



All varieties of heliotrope, even the tall giant hybrids of the 

 dwarf border sorts, should be planted where they may have full 

 sunshine, and the hotter the sun the finer the heliotrope. Another 

 thing Ave should ahvays remember is that we should never, never 

 be tempted by an early season to "set out" our heliotropes too 

 soon. No, indeed ; we will wait until June, when the soil is warm 

 and the nights have lost their chill. It is then our heliotropes, 

 planted so favorably, proceed to grow faster than annuals planted 

 weeks ahead of them in the open, and they will grow so broad, 

 they will crowd out everything in their vicinity, unless they have 

 been given a great deal of spreading room, therefore when groAv- 

 ing the climbing or the dAvarf heliotrope from seed, sow it later 

 than for any other annual unless it be Lavatera. 



The climbing heliotrope seed should be soAvn in regularly 

 prepared flats, and the young seedlings should be transplanted to 

 three-inch clay or paper pots. Up to this point you notice the 

 culture is the same as for our dwarf heliotrope, but the climbing 

 form now needs a slight deviation, inasmuch that, instead of 

 finally transplanting to the edges and borders of the open garden, 

 we place three good plants of the climbing heliotrope into a ten- 

 inch pot filled to within an inch of the top with rich garden soil, 

 having about a tablespoomful of Scotch soot worked into it. Then 

 the pots are plunged Avherever the climbing heliotrope is to 

 become a feature, and the pots being quite invisible, the effect 

 will be graceful and natural, as if it Avere growing directly from 

 the soil. This effect can only be secured by having all "plunged" 

 pots at the very least an inch beloAV the surface level. 



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