. THIS class of plants, familiarly kno\Mi as Old-fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor again so rapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine enthusiast of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is not at all sur- prising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes which take place throughout the entire growing season in a well- arranged hardy border, in whicli every week, yes. almost every day, brings forth something fresh and new. Beginning in April, early-tiowering varieties open up their flowers often before snow has entirely disappeared, nnd continuing w
. THIS class of plants, familiarly kno\Mi as Old-fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor again so rapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine enthusiast of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is not at all sur- prising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes which take place throughout the entire growing season in a well- arranged hardy border, in whicli every week, yes. almost every day, brings forth something fresh and new. Beginning in April, early-tiowering varieties open up their flowers often before snow has entirely disappeared, nnd continuing with constantly changing variety throughout the summer until late in fall.^A'hen jevere freezing weather only will slop such persistent late bloomers as the Japanese Windflowers, Pompone Chrysanthemums, Stokesias, etc., etc. Cultivation is of the simplest, beginning with any good garden soil for a foundation, which may be enriched with any good fertilizer, such as well decomposed cow manure or bone meal, deeply dug, well pulverized, in which the plants should be set as early in the season as possible, so as to enable them to become well rooted and established before hot, diy weather sets in, keep- ing the ground well stirred, and where it is not convenient to water the beds during hot, dry weather, a mulch of anv loose material, which will keep the soil from baking, will be found very A ViHW IN Our Japanese Ikis Garden. beneficial. Short grass, the rakings of the lawn after cutting, will be as good for this purpose as anything. A covering of manure should be applied in the fall; this may be forked into the soil early in spring, and, beyond this, little care need be given, the occasional staking of a plant, the cutting off of decaying flowers, which will prolong the flowering season of many species, and the dividing and replanting occasion- ally of such varieties that have become loo large, being all that is needed. We are continually adding new, rare and desirable sorts to our l
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