Show rs am IF am and C a j iam 44 d K 9 01 carnations and old fashioned pinks are fine for the hardy garden PLANT YOUR HARDY GARDEN NOW by E VAN benthuysen A hardy garden la in the garden for tho buey woman it n ill last for year years and be a delight to her and to her neighbors with a very little care take a careful survey of your resources and make study of your own individual problem book taught Lard gardeners bar Jenera eners may be all right up to a certain cartain limit but one seasons ea eoas experiment along your own lines will giro give you an into plant life that tha t belde holds from wins moat most fascinating study will teach you more than yearn years of reading those who wish to plant and not bother with them more than to prune and fertilize annually and keep the ground mellow about the plant plants hould should plant hybrid perpetual roses the hybrid perpetu als are the hardest hardi of roses and will stand more cold weather than say tuy otter oter species the following are de desirable mens anno anne do diesbach Die ebach bright CAT mr mine baroness rothschild an ox ex pink lt L franco blooms all summer fran karl druschky ki enow white baa hu splendid bude and immense flowers cowers four to ara inches laches across and Is delightfully fragrant vencial que minot a popular rose of at brilliant red paul neyron lovely dark pink grues an teplitz a strong rigorous vigorous grower of at richest crimson killarney both pink and white are hardy and mrs john ant a rose of delicious fragrance and of a rich satiny pink color this list could be extended indefinitely but these are all tried and true va that will give 1 you a world of bloom and be a picture worth looking at SL A hardy border that la to a triumph of at beauty and has his been enjoyed for years contains hollyhocks phlox lark pur spur foxglove iris columbines pinke pinks and sunflowers it Is not so expensive aa figures up about six cents per square toot but arranged accordi according nit to size and color makes a wonderful show ing hardy roses require ordinarily cooj good garden soil well enriched with well rotted manure they mut have an open sunny position clear of the roots of all trees and shrubs it Is it well to prepare the bed a few days before planting to allow tor for settling ever blooming roses should ba planted 19 18 inches apart and the hybrid per perpetu petik als two feet viet apart roses should be planted with the roots diverging aud at least nine inches below the sur fact of the ground the bolt soil made firm about thorn them and tb th A 31 should be liberally wa hollyhocks succeed beet best in rich well drained soil oil and should bo be light ly protected during tho the winter months with coaree coarse straw or spruce boughs lArke larkspur pur need own sown in the dpn ground early will produce flowering plants by the beginning of july and will give a continuous succession ot at bloom from then until frost it la 15 a excellent for cutting and very ornamental it produces in a great variety of forma and colors some of tho the most I 1 flowers in cultivation all varieties aie easily curtly cultivated a ted and Wapl adaptable abla to most conditions but in a soil deeply dug and tall enriched with one fine old manure their blooms are the finest set from one on and one halt to two foot each way iris fleurdelis fleur de do lis ils the nat tona flower of france Is another perfect ly hardy plant they grow la in any ordinary garden soil luxuriantly and bloom in june the german iris trl should be planted largely where cut flowers are in demand as it certainly Is the best of rot class Ferha pj tha most showy and gorgeous of at the irle iris family faintly Is in the japanese iris tho the flowers are often ten inches in diameter and bloom la in july there are man many beautiful colors among both iris white faintly tinged with larender light bronie bronze yellow aid and bright blue royal purple grayish white and a pure white aro among the colon colors shown phlox another plant on our hat lint can not tie to surpassed for brilliant color tag ing and continuous bloom sow bow phlox out of at doom doors in may in a situation welt well open to the sun they will flow er in july and continue until late into in tho the fall old fashioned clove pink and its it more elegant relation the carnation flower so easily as an am annual that it baa has attained a meat popular position among garden plants the beautiful flowers malto make an attractive display with their world of color and are greatly to be desired as a table deco ration and also as a border plant pinks grow easily from seed and come true to color sow out of door dom when danger from frost Is in over it 11 the seed Is sown early carly enough the perennials will llam the first year there are a great many other aba that are re hardy and desirable this Is but a mere beginning choose the cowers flowers you are fond of and the work will be more successful and more pleasant dut but have a garden 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