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dicated by the decay of the leaves, and as 
soon as these have turned yellow and fal¬ 
len off, the bulbs must be taken up and 
stored in a dry place until it is time to re¬ 
plant them in the fall. 
After the crop of flowers is over, the 
deciduous shrubs should be cut back, in 
order that the new wood, on which the 
blossoms of the next year will come, may 
put forth in abundance. The price of 
flowers for next year is the pruning shears 
right now. The symmetry of the speci¬ 
mens may also be improved by the use of 
the scissors at this time—but be careful 
not to cut too much. The cydonias, deut- 
zias, PhiladelpJms coronarius, jasminium, 
spireas, viburnums, syringas, punicas, for- 
sythias, and weigelas, and the spring-blos¬ 
soming vines, like the wistaria and jas¬ 
mines, should all receive careful attention. 
None of them should be touched until the 
blooms are over. For most of the above- 
mentioned, June will be the right season, 
but some of the later-blossoming ones may 
better be left until July. 
The evergreens, including the oleanders, 
or neriums, and the hydrangeas, I never 
prune at all, except to take off the dead 
branches after a trying winter, and pos¬ 
sibly to remove some of the lower hydran¬ 
gea shoots for the sake of neatness. This 
is not the rule of the florists, but it gives 
me magnificent results, and that is the aim 
of all our work, is it not? 
By the end of June the sweet peas will 
be over and the trellis must be removed 
and placed in new positions for the main 
crop of garden peas which will be ready 
for them by that time. The long lines 
left vacant, when the pansies are thrown 
out, the places where the poppies glorified 
the border and the sweet peas blossomed 
for so many weeks, are filled in with ver¬ 
benas, mignonette, snapdragons, stocks, 
zinnias, asters, ageratum, salvia, and 
coleus. June is very late to do this trans¬ 
planting, but, if it is done in the afternoon 
after a rain and the plants are shaded 
for a day or two during the noon hours, 
the chances are that most of them will 
thrive. This is the time when the thinning 
out process serves the gardener in good 
stead. There are sure to be parts of the 
borders where the plants are as thick as 
peas and other places where the seed has 
forgotten to germinate. All these spots 
should be evened out and now is the ac¬ 
cepted time. 
Because the garden is a blaze of glory 
with helianthus, sweet williams, zinnias, 
hollyhocks, petunias, nasturtiums, and all 
the other blossoms in full beauty, is all 
the more reason why you should plan to 
keep it so, and not only planning, but ever¬ 
lastingly keeping at it, is necessary to ac¬ 
complish this. If the bare spots are filled 
in, the crowded places thinned out, the 
colors changed or arranged so that they 
do not clash, a garden of midsummer 
loveliness will be the reward. 
Except in the old Southern gardens 
where the oleanders, the pomegranate 
blossoms, and the summer lilies make 
summer gay, the usual rule is that after 
ArmChair, $15 - Sofa, $30 - Side Chair, $12 
Screen, $45 - Lamp, $30 - Braided Rug, $15 
McHugh willow 
Furniture 
The smart thing for the up- 
to-date country house. New 
Spring models are on display. 
Illustrated sheets on request. 
Meadow Brook Lawn Table 
and Canopy 
Canopy in green and gray stripes, 
diameter 9 feet - - - - $18 
Table, in Waterproof green enamel, 
diameter 3 ft. 6 in. - - - $21 
Chair - - - - - $4 
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9 West 42nd Street - New York 
This Beautiful 
Bird Fountain 
FOR THE 
Lawn or Garden 
WITH RUNNING WATER 
ATTACHMENT 
MANUFACTURED BY 
The M. D. Jones Co. 
71 Portland St. Boston 
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