A Woman's Hardy Garden

permanently placed. Not only will this bed give great pleasure in enabling one to watch the plants from the time the first tiny leaf appears, but also when laden wi

if possible, to have a portion of the bed somewhat shaded from the sun for a part of the day. If this combination cannot be had in one be

pests of one kind or another, or dying without apparent cause. To keep u

. The same with Hollyhocks, but, except on the edges of shrubberies and in wild borders, it is b

ngs ready for fi

er twen

ur hours before planting, and find that by so doing they are very sure to germinate. Care must be taken, when soaking a number of different kinds at the same time, to place the name of each variety of seed under the glass or bowl containing the same. When ready for planting, pour off the water and mix the wet seeds carefully with very dry earth, in a cigar-b

ung plants to make your own place beautiful and to give to your friends. It is a keen delight, when a friend says that she has not raised such and such plants this year, to run and

nate friends with lovely gardens, but without the same varieties; some to humble cottage gardens, and others to friends who have never grown a flower, but would like to try. This year, having made a lar

round is always a mass of beauty. He has a surprising variety of plants, and every one is a fine specimen of its kind. His Anemone Japonica alba are the finest I have ever seen, each one sending up perhaps a dozen slender stalks of the beautiful flowers. I have had great difficulty with this plant and have lost dozens of them. I always drive very slowly by the expressman's garden, burning with envy and wondering how he does it. In

variety to transplant in the spring, to take the place of those which have not survived the winter. When

ennials, must be raised ever

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