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loaded with flowers, and I have never had 
a more showy or beautiful display in the 
house than was given by this cosmos plant. 
The cosmos is one of the most beautiful 
of all the flowers. Its only drawback, in 
fact, is its late flowering season. That this 
exquisite plant may be so easily and safely 
transplanted when in full flower and that 
it will thrive gloriously in the house, seem¬ 
ingly, is a “find” worth telling others 
about. A. F. F. 
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The Garden That Came 
(Continued from page 305) 
The hardy white pinks with their spicy 
breath came in the hands of the toughest 
boy in the city precinct, who loved my 
flowers; and the sweet rocket that hur¬ 
ries to complete her masterpiece of white 
and lavender in a shady corner every 
spring before the roses begin to exhibit, 
came in the tiny apron of a fairy girl- 
child who loved my flowers; and the 
woodbine on the high fence behind them 
came from the brookside where the tough 
boy and the girl-child and I went after 
minnows. The boy is worshiping the 
fairy now, and here grow the white pinks 
and the sweet rockets and the woodbine 
in remembrance. 
Of course, such queens of the garden 
as the six-inch dahlias and hybrid gladi¬ 
olus, such pictures as the blue larkspur and 
Madonna lilies and Shasta snowbank do 
not ‘come’ except in exchange for very 
hard cash. Neither do Persian cats and 
blooded bulldogs. But with the blooming 
of these modest ones the loves and mem¬ 
ories in them bloom anew each summer¬ 
time, and they are dearer than the florist's 
dearest rarities. As for rescuing the 
graceful, grateful lesser ones from the 
highways and byways and darkest woods, 
if they will persist in holding up pleading 
hands and faces that need washing every 
time I stir abroad, seeking sanctuary with 
me as does every homeless kitten and 
tramp dog in the valley — what else is to 
be done? 
The Garden in the Foot Hills of 
the Adirondacks 
(Continued from page 316) 
cents and engaged all future crates they 
might get. So far I have used four and 
the effect is wonderful. Flowers of every 
color look well against that twisted bark 
fence, which I put as a background for 
the borders. 
Looking down my garden the effect is 
yellow, looking up, pink and white. Be¬ 
low the middle rustic arch are two beds 
filled with larkspur and iris, and further 
down I have shrubs on either side. The 
entrance arch is covered with a Japanese 
climbing rose, and to emphasize the ap¬ 
proach I have planted five small arbor- 
vitae on each side. Directly across, join- 
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