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SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MONTH 
('Continued from page 39.) 
This is a very fine plant, rich in color a profuse 
bloomer and easy of culture. They are simply 
glorious when planted in quantity for outdoor 
effects. Full-blown specimens of such varieties 
as Canterbury bells can be transferred to pots for 
house decoration. In transplanting soak the soil 
well with water and lift the plant out allowing as 
much of the earth as possible to cling ro the roots. 
The seeds of the biennials should be sown out¬ 
doors early in July, and the plants thinned and 
transplanted to a cold frame in October, being set 
six or eight inches apart, when they will make 
large plants by spring, and are as easily cared for 
as pansies. In the spring set them eighteen or 
twenty inches apart in beds where they are to 
bloom. During the months of June and July they 
will flower most profusely, and remain in fine form 
for a long rime. A rich sandy soil with good 
drainage is essential to fine plants. 
The practice of covering Canterbury bells with 
leaves during the winter has proven unsatisfac¬ 
tory. A more beautiful pot plant for Easter is 
seldom found than the Canterbury bell. 
C 0 RRESPONDENCE 
(Continued from page 41.) 
WILLOW FURNITURE FOR A COLLEGE MAN 
strikes me as not being just right. I thought per¬ 
haps if I put willow furniture in the room it 
would go better with the white woodwork. I 
suppose I could not well change that, as to paint it 
dark would not look well,—would it ? I enclose 
self-addressed envelope for reply. 
Answer: The addresses requested have been 
forwarded to you. A cut showing a lamp which is 
recommended is included, also the address of the 
firm from whom you may learn the way to remedy 
the woodwork in your room. That, together with 
the red walls and a rug in green and yellow, is 
quite impossible to reconcile. You could re¬ 
paint your woodwork black, giving it a dull finish, 
the last coat to be well flatted with turpentine 
or the present finish may be all removed and the 
woodwork stained in a way to harmonize with 
your furniture. The chairs of willow will be 
quite correct. In these you can use loose cushions 
covered in some dark color to harmonize with the 
other furnishings. I would also suggest while you 
are making these changes that you do over your 
walls. Cover them with Japanese grass-cloth in a 
shade of dull yellow. This will look well with the 
rug as described and give you an excellent setting 
for your furniture. 
GARDEN CORRESPONDENCE 
(Continued from page 42.) 
main requirement is to keep the sun from the 
foliage. If evergreen boughs are attainable, they 
are the best to use, laying them thinly over the 
plants. Short branches of any of the oaks stuck 
into the ground between the plants are good, but 
they should be gathered in early fall and set aside 
until wanted. If cut then, they retain their 
foliage all winter and shade the plants. Take the 
covering away gradually, as a sudden exposure to 
the sun is apt to burn the foliage. 
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