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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1911 
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The Autumn Garden of Dahlias 
(Continued from page 360) 
have not grown this flower, begin at once 
and you will soon be as great an en¬ 
thusiast as I am. Of course dahlias take 
up so much room that other things are 
crowded out, but I always make room in 
my fall garden for cosmos, hardy chrys¬ 
anthemums, asters, salvia, marigolds, zin¬ 
nias and calendulas. The perennial as¬ 
ters, or Michaelmas daisies have been a 
joy. They grow to a height of from four 
to six feet and send out a shower of 
feathery small blossoms. I have a “gol¬ 
den walk,” bordered on each side with 
dwarf marigolds in the “burnt-custard” 
tones, and these are backed up with a bor¬ 
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means forget calendulas. These should 
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flowers are very prolific and bloom from 
July to November. They spread out when 
cut and, put in water, last well. Generally 
the last dying note of color in my fall gar¬ 
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hardy calendula has waited for a peek at 
the first snowstorm. 
A Home of the Eighteenth Cen¬ 
tury Today 
(Continued from page 357) 
stick and chairs of mahogany, rosewood, 
and walnut, the clock that ticked away the 
hours of the entire nineteenth century — a 
storehouse of old furniture of England 
and the Colonies of all styles and makes, 
from delicate inlay to coarser pieces fash¬ 
ioned from black walnut trees that grew on 
the home farm. The spinning-wheel and 
warming-pans have found their way into 
the parlour; for an old house naturally 
tends to become a museum; fortunately so, 
since the spirit that prompts the conserva¬ 
tion of such utensils and furniture insures 
proper respect for the house, that it be 
neither neglected nor disfigured by incon¬ 
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tion of varieties to suit his taste. The cata¬ 
log photographs often strike his fancy but 
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and his plants flowered that his results are 
far different from his preconceived notion 
of them. The safest way to do is to visit 
some flower show or exhibition. There are 
many varieties shown and one can judge 
of final appearances. Select for color ef¬ 
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will look when grown in your garden. 
June offers exceptional opportunities to 
the Peony enthusiast who lives within 
touch of Philadelphia, for the American 
Peony Society is undertaking to hold its 
annual exhibition there. For some time 
past the Society has been working to show 
the value of the Peony as a decorative 
plant and to obtain a proper classification 
(Continued on page 388) 
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