THE FLOWER GARDEN 



(a favorite of our grandmothers', fragrant choco- 

 late-colored flowers) ; syringa or mock-orange (high, 

 early) ; weigela (mid-season or early summer, high). 



Pruning and care of shrubs : Keep the surface 

 of the ground loose and mellow. Mulch with strawy 

 manure in fall. Prune early-blooming shrubs as 

 soon as bloom has ceased; prune late bloomers early 

 the following spring. Little if any pruning is needed 

 the first few years, but the shrubs should be well 

 *'cut back" at time of setting. There is no particular 

 science about pruning shrubs, other than the points 

 already mentioned ; simply thin out, trim up or cut 

 back, as taste or circumstances may require. 



Roses. — No garden is quite complete without a 

 rose bed. I have not space to mention the many 

 excellent varieties here, but be sure to plant some 

 of the hybrid perpetuals (Baroness Rothschild, pink; 

 Captain Hayward, carmine ; General Jacqueminot, 

 crimson ; ]\Iargaret Dickson, white ; IMarshall P. 

 Wilder, carmine ; Mrs. John Laing, pink ; Paul Ney- 

 ron, deep rose color ; Ulrich Brunner, cherry red, 

 are among the most satisfactory kinds). Hybrid 

 perpetuals are quite hardy nearly everywhere, but a 

 heavy mulch of leaves or straw through the winter 

 is always helpful. Although called ''perpetuals," they 

 are not really perpetual bloomers ; but many of them 

 will produce a fair second-crop of flowers in the 

 autumn. 



The hybrid-tea roses are more tender, but are 

 all-season bloomers if well cared for. In the North, 

 bend the branches down to the ground and stake 

 them there in late autumn and apply stable manure, 

 and on top of that a thick covering of straw or 

 leaves, held securely against winds by wire chicken- 

 netting laid flat and fastened along the edges with 



