Show ir are A carnations are af attractive flowers flower in the th garden easy to grow and beautiful A WORD ABOUT PEONIES peonies should bo be planted in the autumn early it they are to do well the first year october being the best time for the work they are not too particular as to soil but in every caso case this should bo be well dug to the depth of 18 inches enriching it with manure which should not however he allowed to come in contact the root in planting but rather be mixed with the top soil at ahr distance ol of a low lew inches from the plant peonies are propagated both by teed and by division the former plan however is lengthy and troublesome as the majority of a batch ot of hybrids will be found worthless and a large plot of ground is necessary as a place of trial they can only be obtained true to name by division ol of the roots but this not be attempted until the plant has been in one place for two or three years as they do much better when undisturbed when it will mature nna fine shoots which year by year increase in prease in size until the peonies become one of the grandest sights in alj tt garden during a drought in summer particularly ticul arly when the plant Is young an occasional soaking with water will benefit the panny and every spring in march a mulch of rich soil or hotbed material should bo be laid over its roots when peonies are grown in a separate bed an edging of daffodils will bo be the crimson shoots of the peonies in april tho the foliage of mahy many of these plants turns in autumn to various shades of purple bronze and crimson when the plants planta again become decora decorative tivA and it la iq mistake to cut ott off the foliage of the peony directly after flowering as aa it Is necessary to the plant while ma turing its growth for next season and makes a mass of not green tall lilies can be grown between tho the peonies in a border choosing the hardiest handiest har diest varieties for a cold situation these will make their way between tile the foliage of the peonies and look very handsome after the peonies cease to bloom other sul suitable table plants for massing with peonies are the tall blue and white delphiniums campanula persi in blue or white pyrethrums aquilegias etc all of which are perennials carnations are attractive massed with peonies and will do well with the same cultivation as the peonies FT for a bouquet for the homo home splendid flowers are unlit when n cut with long stems and arrango in a bowl with plenty of their own foliage to set them off t ali A x F 4 HIM aw r some house plants |