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many of my flowers until freezing 
weather. 
Another flower that gave us especial 
pleasure was the dahlia. They were beau¬ 
tiful not only individually, being soft 
pinks and yellows, but also because of 
their profusion. Blooming with the cos¬ 
mos, vying with them, they yet ruled the 
garden during their period of bloom. 
This would have been much longer had I 
not too religiously followed directions in 
a newspaper to pinch off all buds appear¬ 
ing in July. There were dahlias all 
around me when my first blossoms came. 
This year there will be no dis-budding. 
Among the perennials, the Iris was 
much enjoyed. It comes so early and lasts 
so long, each stalk producing so many 
flowers, that it has endeared itself to the 
family. I found that as the early hardy 
flowers came into bloom, each was wel¬ 
comed with the promise of an increase in 
its present area, though it meant the en¬ 
croachment upon our already too small 
lawn. I must confess that the first fox¬ 
gloves and Canterbury bells I ever saw 
bloomed in my garden this spring. These 
old, old flowers were new to me and so 
interesting, particularly the foxgloves. 
No flowers in my garden were so en¬ 
thusiastically admired as the dahlias and 
cosmos. I think it was in part due to the 
number of plants and consequent luxuri¬ 
ance of the display in flowers. There 
should, I know, be a sufficient mass of 
one kind to get its full beauty. It is in 
this, I think, that the amateur in a small 
garden often fails. A few thin plants of 
various flowers, more or less isolated, too 
often form the sum of such a garden. I 
planted largely for color effect and in the 
very small spaces devoted to the several 
colors, Tknow I have a greater variety 
than I should. I am becoming familiar 
with the newer flowers and renewing my 
acquaintance with the old, improved al¬ 
most beyond recognition, such as the pe¬ 
tunia, snapdragon, cornflower, plumy 
cocks-comb and others. Next year I 
shall reduce the variety of annuals, hav¬ 
ing larger quantities of one kind and 
changing from year to year. 
The Utility Garden 
{Continued from page 16) 
be obtained before the fruit trees shade 
' the ground sufficiently to render the 
strawberries unproductive. Even the teur 
nis court in this particular garden was sur¬ 
rounded by a high wire trellis and covered 
with dwarf fruit trees. 
When laying out the vegetable garden, 
plan to get all of the plants of the same 
family in the same section of the garden. 
For instance, the turnips, cabbages and 
other members of the cabbage family 
should be planted in close proximity. The 
following year a different family or class 
of vegetables can be grown on this land. 
It is necessary to rotate crops in this way 
{Continued on page 76) 
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