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to take cuttings is when the plants have ceased flowering and they may 

 be successfully struck in a propagating house or a frame, using pure 

 loam mixed with sand and hghtly pressed into small pots well drained 

 with potsherds. Side shoots which have not flowered, cut close to the 

 stem, are considered the best cuttings. They should not be placed in 

 the pots before the wound has dried up. When the pots are filled give 

 them a gentle watering and keep them in a temperature of fifty to fifty- 

 fiv© degrees. Nipping off the top buds will induce symmetrical and 

 bushy growth. Another way to increase by cuttings is to place the cut- 

 tings in shallow pans and then give them the usual treatment. In the 

 garden bed the soil should be thoroughly pulverized at the time of dig- 

 ging and mixed with well-rotted manure. Transplanting may be done 

 as soon as the weather has become warm and settled. Estabhshed 

 plants cut down in the Fall are transferred to pots and held during the 

 Winter in a temperature of about forty-five degrees. 



Among the best varieties are S. A. Nutt, scarlet; Beaute Poitevine, 

 orange rose; Mrs. Lawrence, salmon pink; Mme. JauHn, peach pink; 

 Mrs. E. G. Hill, orange and white; La Favorite, dbl. white; Alphonse 

 Ricard, orange scarlet; Jean Oberle, soft flesh color with pink center; 

 Mme. Buchner, snow, white; and Dina Scalarandis, blush. 



THE FOXGLOVE • Digitalis 



For garden and shrubbery borders the dignified and stately Fox- 

 glove has always been a great favorite. It is also extensively planted 

 for naturalizing along the edges of woods and in other suitable places, 

 where it self-seeds and flourishes. Rising to a height of three to five 

 feet*from masses of broad, dark green foliage, the robust stalks pro- 

 duce long spikes of beautiful tubular flowers, which give a highly 

 ornamental effect to any garden. The colors are bright and varied, 

 most of the strains being prettily spotted or blotched. Some of the 

 newer introductions rival Gloxinias in shadings and markings. 



The Foxglove, which is a biennial, does well in any good garden 

 soil, and prefers shady situations. Sow the seed outdoors in Spring 

 and transplant the seedlings where they are to remain permanently 

 or into a coldframe; where they make extra strong plants for a second 

 transfer. They will produce their flowers the next season. 



THE GLADIOLUS 



Here we have a regal flower stately enough for the finest mansion, 

 as well as a democratic flower charming for the cottage window and home 

 garden. Each year finds new uses for the Gladiolus, which now holds 

 first place among the Sunmier blooming bulbs. First, because of the 



