HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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TEMBER, 1913 
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the heat of midsummer, and its tall stalks 
surmounted by the masses of flowers of 
scarlet or bright rose are almost as strik¬ 
ing and conspicuous as salvia. It succeeds 
well under almost any conditions and in¬ 
creases rapidly after you have succeeded 
in getting a clump or two started. 
The well known gaillardia or blanket 
flower should have a place in every col¬ 
lection of hardy flowers, both for its 
hardiness and the ease with which it can 
be grown and for the remarkable bril¬ 
liancy of its flowers. The season of 
bloom, also, lasts from July until frost. 
In ordering for sowing at this time, be 
sure that you get the hardy perennial sorts 
instead of the annual. 
The English primrose (P. vulgaris ) 
and the other hardy primroses, while low 
growing and modest in appearance, never¬ 
theless on account of their cheeriness and 
exceptionally early seasons of bloom aie 
great favorites. They are, however, not 
quite so hardy as most of the other plants 
before mentioned, and if they can be pro¬ 
tected in a frame for the first winter it 
will be so much the better. 
Scabiosa, or Morning Bride, is prob¬ 
ably better known in the annual sorts, but 
the hardy perennial kinds are also well 
worth attention, especially the Japanese 
(S. Japonica ) which yields a continuous 
supply of blue flowers which are excellent 
for cutting. 
Sweet william is an old-time favorite 
but still very popular, and some of the 
newer varieties are certainly great im¬ 
provements over the old, especially in the 
size of the flowers. The sweet williams 
are very easily raised from seeds and as 
seedling plants give better results than di¬ 
vided clumps, the way to have the best re¬ 
sults is to raise new plants each year. 
Hollyhocks though mentioned in this 
article are not included in this list for the 
reason that it is better to start them 
earlier, but with a coldframe at one’s dis¬ 
posal they may be put in now with the 
other seeds mentioned above. 
The Early Fall Fruit 
I N order to make the most of the early 
apples and pears, several pickings are 
needed, removing the fruit as fast as it be¬ 
comes large and mature. All fall varieties 
must be kept in a cool place or they will 
soon show decay. 
It is greatly to the advantage of the 
amateur that he can allow his fruit to re¬ 
main on the trees until the right time to 
pick it so as to have it at its best. Peaches 
and plums, for instance, are much better 
when ripened on the tree. Allowed to 
reach just the proper stage before they are 
gathered, they surpass anything which it 
is possible to find in the market. Some 
varieties of apples, too, are improved in 
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