Show REAL DIRT Dl DI RT FARMERS GET GREATEST GARDEN THRILL LL By MAUD l CHEGWIDDEN am Garden Editor f We who call ourselves real dirt gardeners who actually do the gardening ourselves and dont don't relegate ate it to hired help are the ones who get zet et the most thrills from our pieces of the good earth and no thrill can equal that of buying a anew anew new v plant and seeing it bloom for the first time F All AU of the novelties advertised are not always so fine tines as we expect them to be Sometimes they do better the second year after planting planting plant- plant ing ng and sometimes they really reuse refuse re- re tuse use fuse to perform in a creditable manner for us w. But a a. as a rule role we find that thal the cash expanded on them was worth spending and we enjoy showing the new plant to garden visitors and hearing their ohA and abs of admiration Pink Baby's Babi Breath One such plant which should call forth orth the most lavish h praise from everyone who sees it is a pink baby's aby's breath old- old You know tho the common common cornmon com corn mon white baby's breath i I am sure itla a perennial perennial perennial peren peren- nial which Is lovely both in the garden and In bouquets bouquet But is much p prettier similar in most ways to the white save that it is a really good pink and looks simply heavenly among other perennials This year its it price is very reasonable but beca because because be be- ca cause se it is a new plant and much sought ought after atter be sure you order order- it early I can think of ot nothing more desirable desirable de- de for lor planting behind a root of ot this pink baby's breath than another another another an an- other newcomer a campanula known as blue spire This This' is a double flowered hybrid of ot the peach bells jells campanula It grows about three feet teet tall and the very very full hiv hiv- lav ender blue blossoms are packed thickly hickly up the stems almost from he the ground Blue spire is the result of ot of a chance seed sowing in ip the trial grounds of an nn American It t has been tried out for tor three seasons sea sea- sons sons ons and never fails to produce its spires pires of lovely blooms It has I especially strong and sturdy stems and nd is excellent for cutting Perennial Asters For late bloom in the perennial beds eds beds we have wonderful things Inthe in inthe the he new dwarf perennial asters fa familiarly familiarly familiarly fa- fa called daisies I have loved the tall daisies for years and 1 I grow several several sev- sev ral eral eral varieties of them Each autumn autumn aut- aut mn two long perennial bor borders ers in my garden are arc bright with their m mauve uve and lavender and purple and nd now this year I shall look forward forward for for- forward ward to a continuation of ot the same colorful masses at the front of ot the borders orders The dwarfs grow about a afoot atoot toot foot oot high The pinkish lavenders predominate predominate nate in in the dwarf dwart asters so far There is Daphne an exquisite pink and nd Countess of ot Dudley another pink while of ot course Is s white and Victor is a bluish lav- lav ender Planted in April these dwarf warf asters will make fine plants for autumn flowering and will vili also increase 3 in size yearly so that by the second Season you should be bo practicing root division and so Increasing In Increasing increasing in In- creasing your stock QUERIES B. B C. C P. P Bingham writes In reading your articles lately I Isee see sec you mention various cactus plants which I have tried to b buy y in Salt Lake City but could not Where are these thes c sold I keep all your articles In my scrapbook A. A I will send you the address in Salt where most of the cacti may be purchased if you send me a stamped envelope |