| Show LATE FLOWERING PLANTS by MRS JOHN FIELD such late flowering plants as the hollyhock and the perennial phlox need a good deal of attention to keep them looking well on the former therlow the flowers wither but they cling persistently to the stalk unless forcibly removed and give it a very cry untidy appearance by removing them we enable the plant to look its best and the few flowers of the las t autumn days show to the best possible advantage on the phlox great heeds ot of seed torm form not so very unsightly in themselves Pe perhaps but they rapidly exhaust the vitality of the plant and the to foliage liage which might be kept attractively green until cold weather comes takes on a dingy color which is any thing but pleasing cut way away the seed and save ohp th plant this ear nd iture of its vital force j AU all dead and dying annuals should j be pulled polled up and ana added to the compost laap a f any oi of them ahem chow atlow signs of rust I 1 burn bur them it this Is not done they may carry the disease over winter of course such precaution as thit ought to have been takers taken on the first appearance of the infection but better late than beverl never october Is not too late to transplant peonies and other plants of that class if care Is taken in their removal the first thing to do Is to prepare the place to which they are to be re raved have this ready for their reception before anything else is done then lift IN your plants disturbing their roots as little an possible cut about them with a sharp spade and work it under them below their roots when you have done this you will generally be we to lift the mass of earth la in which tb taci are growing without breaking it aart a art if they are to bo be taken to a distant part of the garden it Is ie well to usa the tha wheelbarrow this not only makes the work easier but it does away with the tha danger of crumbling the earth away from the plants roots when they are in nil fill in about them fine soil and make it farrr then wat ahlf r well |
