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THE R. UR. A. L, IM EC W-YORKER 
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The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7744, Jflouse or 
shirt waist, 34 to 42 bust. 7709, fancy 
waist, 34 to 40 bust. 7713, girl's dress, 
10 to 14 years. 7730, misses' accordion 
plaited waist, 14, 16 and 18 years. 7711, 
four-piece skirt for misses and small 
women, 16 and 18 years. 
The second group includes 7710, bust 
supporting corset cover, 38 to 48 bust. 
7729, infant’s night gown, one size. 
7742, fancy yoke night gown, small 34 
or 36, medium 38 or 40, large 42 or 44 
bust. 7575, child’s overalls or creeping 
apron, one size, 2J4 yds. material 27, 
1^ yd. 36 in. wide. 7719, men’s pajamas, 
34 to 46 breast. 7715, infant’s empire 
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10 cents. 
Just Pinks. 
If restricted to one genus of the 
flowery kingdom I would choose the 
Dianthus. From carnations, the aristo¬ 
crats, to sweet Williams, the plebeian 
members, we find a wide range. If we 
tried all the varieties in one season it 
would require a garden of large dimen¬ 
sions, but no considerable outlay in 
money, as the seed of most of the 
Dianthus family is low in price. The 
carnation of commerce is propagated 
from slips or cuttings, as are also the 
hardy garden varieties, as these produce 
very little seed, but all new creations 
must come from seed, with the possible 
exception of now and then a “sport” 
which is carefully rooted from the pa¬ 
rent plant. In the garden root division 
may be resorted to when the plant has 
attained sufficient age and size. I have 
m mind a long border of the white pink, 
“Her Majesty,” started from slips in the 
open ground. About the middle of July 
tear down the slips, getting what is 
known as a “heel.” Dig over any com¬ 
mon garden soil, not too rich, and make 
holes three inches deep and about six 
inches apart. Put in the slip and pinch 
the soil very tightly about the base. 
On this item depends your success. Fill 
up the holes, leaving a few upper leaves 
above the soil. Over each slip turn a 
drinking or jelly glass, pressing firmly 
into the dirt. If this is done during a 
rainy spell or directly after, it adds to 
the success. Do not remove the glass 
for from four to six weeks, or until 
you can see that the plant is growing. 
Draw off the glass, leaving it loosely 
over it for a day or two. Remove the 
glass entirely during a rain. 
All of the biennial types of Dianthus 
give us blooms the first year, and may 
be treated as annuals, but as nearly all 
survive the first Winter it is unnecessary 
to sow seeds unless you wish. The old 
plants will give earlier and better blooms 
than the Spring-sown seed. There is 
much choice of form and coloring, some 
preferring the double and others the 
single varieties; in plain colors, or much 
fringed, and either singly, each flower 
on its own stem, or in clusters of sev¬ 
eral to a stem. 
Of the hardy perennial section there 
are many, including different kinds of 
garden carnations, sweet Williams, Cy¬ 
clops (an improved Scotch pink), and 
the Plumarius section, in which we find 
the old June or grass pinks of our 
grandmothers’ gardens. All of these do 
not bloom till the second season, but are 
well worth waiting for. We can fully 
enjoy the annual or biennial sections 
while these are growing, sure that we 
shall be amply repaid, 
We once grew a package of “yellow 
garden carnations.” These did not all 
prove yellow, but many of them were. 
Some grew singly on long stems, some 
in clusters, in differing shades of yellow. 
Some were what is called “Picotees,” 
yellow edged with red, and all carried 
the perfume of the true carnation. Some 
of these blossomed all Summer, and a 
graceful white one, daintily flamed with 
red, was still in bloom when Winter 
shut it off. 
From a package of Cyclops pinks came 
many beautiful blossoms. Some were 
single, saucer shaped, with a darker 
zoned center; some plain and others 
with fringed edges, in shades of red and 
pink. Among these were some that an 
old lady said were like the pinks she 
knew as a child—“clove pinks,” she 
called them. These produced no seed, 
but the single ones were lavish, as every 
blossom gave its capsule of seeds. 
Whether these seeds will reproduce the 
fringed double blooms I shall_learn this 
coming season, as I have many plants 
from home-grown seeds. 
Of the Marguerite section too much 
cannot be said, as they are as sweet and 
beautiful as the high-priced blossoms in 
the florists’ windows. Four months 
from seed to bloom, but you will find a 
few plants that grow steadily the Sum¬ 
mer through without blooming, with¬ 
holding their strength as a true peren¬ 
nial does. These always survive the 
Winter and bloom throughout the whole 
season. 
Last season I grew a new variety of 
sweet William, with an unpronounceable 
name, which proved to be an acquisition, 
being a hybrid, combining the hardihood 
of the old-time favorite, with the free 
and early blooming qualities of the an¬ 
nual pink. Planted June 26, nearly all 
were in bloom when snow came. All 
were shades of red, no white ones. They 
are less stiff and formal than the old 
sweet Williams, being semi-double in a 
loose spray, lasting a long time as a cut 
flower. 
In a garden of old-fashioned flowers 
I often admire a generous row of white 
sweet Williams. It is verv showy and 
will prove a constantly recurring pleas¬ 
ure to its owner and points the moral 
that we often neglect the possibilities 
of our old friends. At one end of your 
bed of pinks plant a generous package 
of Gypsophila elegans or “baby’s breath.” 
The common name is sweet indeed, and 
so are the little mistlike blossoms. Com¬ 
bine the sprays with your carnations, 
or sweet Williams, and stand amazed 
at the improvement. It is a relative of 
the genus pink and not so well known 
as its merits recommend. There is a 
perennial sort for those who have per¬ 
manent gardens. Now we find a double 
sort in the catalogues. I fear in 
doubling it we will lose something of its 
airy grace, in which its charm lies. 
Nothing is so sure to grow as pink 
seed, coming up so promptly that a child 
has patience to wait, and not forget to 
watch for them. Then they grow wil¬ 
lingly, adapting themselves to all sorts 
and conditions of soil, only resenting a 
too shaded position. They are pre¬ 
eminently the flower for the slender 
means of the busy person. 
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