Show an old aai ia garden garde no is another a and n d a mo more e beautiful name for the hard hardy flower garden our grandmothers c before the days of apart apartment ent I 1 houses uses aero planes and raid radios i 0 liole 8 1 loved vre ille the permanent nent in their home surroundings and when they the started gardens they made them thein to last for years to grow alofa with the children to go th through r ugh summers and winters and j sp springs ri ng s and autumns the garden to tam was a sacred thing full of memories of happy and tearful pears earm but redolent with meaning and remembrances each flower diver held its special loving thim thoughts lits of the past this rose bish was planted the day father aird mother started housekeeping in the now new home these w white t e roses were by sister at h haj wedding wed diEg these ily of the valley were transplanted from a clum cluing at uncle ezra s g home biome this larkspur r was little alices favorite and the happy chubby S so EL a garden of memorial me memories moriel is is also another amsi un ia la L same tune time whisper whisp erthe r the hope ot an eternal cpr in r T j finally the most t jf practical ot of all the names for a bardy garden is a ga garden rd e n 0 on pe perennials rennia s that i is s a garden 1 anted a ith perennial it flowers flo f flowers 0 c ers that rome up year after ye year after they have once been p planted pan anted in contrast to annuals annual c or biennials bien nials those that come up abut p I 1 but once or twice to 0 o wither v er away ra vay forever put the garden where it may remain f ajr r years in planning to make your old fashioned garden garde 1 garden of me memories mariesl or f perennial garden whatever you ou may choose to call it you should hould first of all choose a spot pot fo fot it on your home place wh where r a it i sure to be undisturbed for year yeara to come your garden anay ay be either in ill the form of a order border or it if one is extremely cx ex am ambitious 1 etious a teal real flower garden with several beds in it separated by paths this latter plan i is of course cours e most fascinating and in your dreams you may I 1 pictures yourself wandering up tab alica UL ui lat J uil uan paa better leave the more pretentious garden to theof the future ture if you are arc still an amat amateur e at the garden game and be co content tent with a good sized hardy bor border er in this hardy border you may experiment and start yo your ur aca acq acquaintance ain tance with the perennials als enla ina few years time you way may be able to lay out your A garden or dreams and then you can transplant lome L ome of the plants to it from your hardy border one of the main secrets of the successful hardy garden is a well dug 0 well drained well fertilized garden bed much luch more care must mast be taken in the perennial garden than with other plants for this garden has hal to be in readiness to teed feed its oci occupants for years to come and it n must r contain plenty of good plant food and a comfortable for table bed in ia which the root 11 systems ma may y sp s pread read themselves the bed slid should ordinarily be dug to two feet and the bottom filled with drainage drai hage material such as clinkers coarse gravel gi a vel broken brick crushed atone tone or similar tuff stuff then a layer algyer of 11 in en to aoi y your next layer mix t together the b lest best of y your our soil and one halt half to c le e third of manure and also mix n a good supply of what is kno 0 n as a inch bone or the coa sest est raw bone you can get with avith this last mixture fill the bed to within 6 inches of the top the tiptop layer should be good loam fit if possible run this through a pereen screen of medium mesh to get t I 1 lisita p layer especial ly fine mix alix aith ith this also a dressing t of iii aih grade fertilizer or fine bone long before the bed has been prepared for t air reception in fact long iong bea before ac e planting 0 time you havee have of cc course arse been happily browsing through gh the catalogues cataloguer catal and checking up p your favorite flowers that yo you ion long 0 to see sec bloom ing in your ga garden den be sure to get S several everal plants of eh eaph T kind yo you u alj will it p probably want to order a quan quantity tilt y of plants for it is extrema in e y ij alard a r d to resist the lure of the 0 at f favorites av orites but as a ma matter titer of baci faccia awell well filled garden is just wha you ought to when they aru will be little s sl ace for the inter loping weeds nevertheless it is better garden taste to have a great many ciany pla its of the same sam kind rather t tl an to have too much of mix ure cure of different varieties for instance a mass of phlox is far fi r more effective than a few phi x plants sprinkled here and ther throughout the other plants laceful and i a mass of rul ubbine is a g gi ireful and beautiful sight but he dainty and fragile little t when planted alone amonds other plants is scarcely notice botic ble able it is really this way with all perennials and it is safest t tc plant them all to give ma i I 1 ele e e t s a i large 0 i of hard y d ai s ller e a clump oi siveret villiam farther on a iong 0 thick strip 0 one color iris farther on and n the shady end of the garden where there is ample room for 0 the lily of the valley sweetest of all perennials vi soon make a thick green ereen carpet that will grow and spread for y years rs to come after the fust fu st t careful start th r en will give you little trouble lel you yon must always keep it well vell during the summer con scra scratching thin up the soil s 1 as to keep it from brustin crusting 11 ovel and also to keep tile the weeds do ni it must have plenty of wa er during dry seasons and the best time for water in ing it is aate the sun goes down in the late a at water thoroughly 0 when you water frequent superficial sprinklings lings are at al most ii useless seless in in try dry weather after a little extra care for this fir first st sea season your hardy garden will alm almost st care for itself in the summers to come and for a minimum of work will return yon a i maximum in f pleasure and delight lio if |