Show f n cad ara t ir are and t t at 4 V aak A 4 4 X ral t attractive home horne grou i showing thought and cartful careful study PRETTY combinations FOR THE FLOWER GARDEN by BETTY A 1 particularly bri brilliant litant bed 14 1 made up of dahla goldt n adlow and brown broun call lopsh and scarlet and id 30 low lov make the center of scarlet dahla all la surround this with the rich golden yellow and brown iron calltop la and border the led bed falth ith scarlet und and yellow colous coleus using a row of each or altermat nit alt ernnt ernat ing the plants this makes a blaze of color in midsummer some lovely combinations come from the annual phlox the use of the pate pink the pure white and the delicate billow planted in mashes or arranged it lit circles la Is beautiful enough to suit the taste of the most as gardener A brilliant bed can bo be made of P pe arrange your colors as the tie juxtaposition of purples and red 1 forms form I 1 too bizarre an effect fill the centi alth red or purple petunias and find sur rouno them with white this I 1 la a good wa to heighten the effect of each ell color by the contrast narcissi are hardy they the in almost any climate or soil and inny be left alone for several year i after once being planted A rather deap and somewhat 4 stiff eoll soil la Is preferred and anti if the position is one particularly blinded shaded from lots of sm sahine hine in the spring the flowers floers of some of the species retain their beauty for a much longer period than thy would if exposed to all the light and sunshine possible the usual mode of propagation Is 1 by offsets ii which aich should be collected from the parent bulbs and planted out olt separately for a year in order that they may grow law larie for flowering the majority of tit the species increase somewhat freely by this method and permanent clumps may be lifted and their offsets I 1 moved shout I 1 there be a dongir of injury caused by the flowering bulbs being overcrowded ensuing from their multi multiple pl ing the process of raising plants from seeds Is a slow one but Is practiced for raising new varieties seeds should 1 be sown soun soon after being collected in pans of sandy end rather loamy soil young bulbs should be planted in a I 1 prepared border and do not require more than one inch of space SOMETHING ABOUT THE by E EVAN VAN benthuysen the peony can be planted in lit spring or late full fall I 1 consider the best time nil things taken into account la jie he fall all the ground Is 11 then in better condition and the work can be done to better advantage than at any other time do not wait longer than october the early part of the month preferably the bed mn be got ready earlier in Inthe the season seo see that the soil Is thor hughly mixed m with ith the manure used and spade deeply not less than a foot and a half purchase strong plant plants these vill cost considerably more than the usual she size sent out by florists but they are well worth the dif difference farence in price ily alt nit means have them kent sent by express s und put them into the ground as eoon soon as rec received elved do not depend upon our neighbors for a supply ns as so sil many do no so one likes to injure 1101 ja or her plant by dir lAla them though few of us lae colsto to eay say na to an a ill ill cant ur a toe too or two but that Is aist what the peony ow owner er ought to do aud and roust must do it if ho he or en would have fine spec clima planta plants if the amaer rard ranner ener fully under stood the of thia this plant pilot in en itself and slid the r resentment it always manifests to any disturbance of 1 ita it roots rook few jeans would be bo selfish enough to nek flak anyone to mutilate his or her plante it order to u them to me sae the expenditure of 0 f the little money doney IN hile large beds of peonies are ex tren cly effective el eipel PeI ally lly in exten lve ground where here they CUD can have the adran advantage tage of clent die vIv abd good background niza which to display nM of color 1 lia ila IV stilled to the bdie tw VM wre pleasure plea wrt suri Is afforded by scattering the plants about in a bonier border here they conie come out tron gl during their period of bloom and utter after tha that they arc are not as able as at they must ho b when planted in beda beds no one will claim for the plant much merit in the uny of attractive foliage ichen ft lien it Is not fetn in the me companionship of in this respect the peony Is ert er t much like the roee which would neer le be planted if it had noth lug ing but its tu to commend it to guiral attention thia this Is not saying hat that the foliage of the rose Is without Alt hout beauty but rather that it does not make the plant a shrub worth planting as a shrub when hen con apart from its how Il miers ere there are many beautiful arlet les to select from superior sorts depre bentin the most distinct colors and cocking co cring the entire beason 0 of peony bloom GARDEN NOTES it if you wish to get specimen cannas and dahlias start a few in the house early in the season demoe roots stocks ard unnecessary feber and cut into ingle single eyes then put in four inch pots in rich soil sell haft ahen the pota pots are full of root the caann like ike corn needa needs moisture and heat to de develop elop properly A flower floer friend 3 she rid her lemon tree of scale by ap applying piling a strong lather of soap suds with fth a stiff bruch to both sides of the leaves stem and trunk thia this was ins allowed allu iNed to remain for halt half ti u day and then washed oft off with nith clear water unter the scale was lien then easy to brush off IN hen planting trees in clay or other heavy soils polls not well uell drained follow this method dig holes boles three feet wide ulde and LO 1 0 inches deep in them 8 r rr r 10 inches of drainage rocks bricks or cinders well uell picked upon this put three r four our arches of rod grass side down doun alun plant the tree as unal usual an excellent heda hedal plant to 1 sometimes som times called buri bush or ilex lean ire fire plant because its taming turning to a rich darl red reathe n the fall di DL 9 the summer it la Is a asi masi of pleasing green grcen it Is excellent for rowa rows in to the background or for planting about the base of the house to hide bide the dounda tion walls met et about a tout and a half halt apart NEW TYPE OF NOSEGAY freeda freesia african oaty daisy purple wind flower bachelors Dach elore button and blue sweet pea peas SUMMER GARDEN HELPS alake a succession of planting plantings of sweet corn and snap beans up to the middle or last rat of july these will give you god good vegetable vegetables for late use transplanting coary three or four times develops a stronger root sy system for the plants aud the plants will mill grow better when hen set in the tb perma nent irow if tile th garden 14 1 stirred frequent li during the eummer summer with ft A fine toothed horse home cultivator the PAI 4 will retain moisture and it will never become hard and lind doddy cloddy ami iian cantaloupe vines are about two feet fed long pick off the ends of 0 the 1 thip will induce free branch tos in AK aa Lef fc eerier fitler and better fruiting |