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Show TIMELY NOTES OF FLOWERS Aim to Have Something New Every Year" Sensitive Plant Is Very Interesting In-teresting In Its Habits. Mass the different varities of a single sin-gle flower and the effect is more pleasing pleas-ing than when made up of "a dozen varieties. On the lawn as in the vase, popular taste has been trained to admire ad-mire the harmony of unity. Soak seeds of cypress vine for a few hours in hot water just before planting. plant-ing. The hard seeds of the canna may need a bit of fiiing ere the germ can push its way out; but care should be taken not to injure it in the process. Poppies will perpetuate themselves by self-sown seed. Aim to have something new every year, but not a high priced novelty. The sensitive plant is handsome and :ntensely interesting in its habits. If I you have never grown it, try it for the children. Study its queer habits, and you will always find it entertaining. The Japanese morning glory is slower slow-er in attaining the blooming size than the old fashioned flower, yet its larger size and clear colors make amends for slower maturity. |