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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1907 



Sun-Dials with Pedestals, Complete 



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scarlet hips, which remain on the greater part 

 of the winter and are highly ornamental. 



The berberis, also, is beautiful in leafage 

 and in fruit ; the variety thunbergii is neat in 

 growth, requiring little pruning to keep it in 

 shape, and its dwarf nature makes it very de- 

 sirable for hedges, especially along the roadway 

 or the rear portions of the lawn or garden. 



Then there are certain of the hardy peren- 

 nials which make admirable summer hedges 

 when properly trained and supported, as wit- 

 ness the paeonies, which in well established 

 clumps supported by stout wire guards make 

 a compact and lovely hedge when loaded with 

 their wealth of magnificent flowers. Clematis 

 Davidiana is also a desirable plant for the 

 purpose when well developed, and gives large 

 quantities of fine violet flowers throughout the 

 summer. 



Physostegia alba and rosea are fine when in 

 bloom, being sturdy erect growing plants, hold- 

 ing aloft their sprays of white and pink flowers 

 which much resemble a gigantic heather. They 

 are hardy perennials of the easiest culture, and 

 once established need little care beyond an oc- 

 casional watering and annual mulching with 

 manure in the fall. The sweetpea shrub is 

 beautiful with showers of pink and white 

 flowers, and the various spireas are always to 

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Home Economics. By Maria Parloa. New 

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Miss Parloa's book on Home Economics 

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Farm Management. By F. W. Card. 

 New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 

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