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getting a few blooms in June and none the rest of the season. If you 

 still wish to grow them, take your choice from this list, the cream of 

 hybrid perpetuals: Ulrich Brunner, Margaret Dickson, General Jacque- 

 minot, Clib, Mrs. John Laing, Magna Charta, Paul Neyron, Frau Karl 

 Druschki, and Mrs. R. C. S. Crawford. 



Supposing you wish to have roses every day from June to early frost, 

 and every rose lover does, then by all means plant the hybrid tea roses. 

 The best of these are Gruss au Teplitz, a deep crimson, in blossom all 

 the time; Killarney, a delicate pink shade; Liberty, red; Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, white; Richmond, red; My Maryland, pink; General McArthur, 

 red; and Caroline Testout, pink. With proper watering and fertilizing 

 these should give you plenty of flowers all through the growing season. 



OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS OR HARDY PERENNIALS 



In connection with shrubs, perennials without question can be used 

 with good effect in most all landscape work. Their number and variety 

 are almost without limit, and the question is how the garden lover is to 

 enjoy as many varieties as his condition will allow. Hardy perennials 

 may be used in almost any situation where plants are wanted at all. 

 They may grow under the trees, among the shrubs, in borders by them- 

 selves, almost anywhere except as plants for formal bedding. Very fine 

 displays can be made by the mixed border system. By mixed border I 

 mean shrubs and perennials together. The shrubs should not be too 

 closely planted. Plant far enough apart to show the individual beauty 

 of the shrub. This style of planting will also allow for some of the bold 

 clumps of perennials. Our shrubs are nearly all very early bloomers, and 

 consequently in summer our shrubberies are practically devoid of bloom. 



By the judicious use of perennials and annuals these shrubberies can 

 be made quite showy throughout the summer months. To make a good 

 effect the planter must know his plants. In planting plant in naturally 

 disposed groups, never repeating, if possible, the same plant at regular 

 intervals, as too often seen. The plants should be graduated, arranging 

 the tall ones at the back and the low plants near the edge, occasionally 

 allowing a few taller ones to come near to the edge to break a too formal 

 effect. One of the most important points in the arrangement of perennial 

 plants in the border is the color effect. Too often we see them planted 

 haphazard without any consideration, whether the colors harmonize or 

 not. Herbacous borders may be avowedly mixed, that is to say, the 

 clumps of each variety may be planted with regard only to their imme- 

 diate neighbors. When this is done contrasts between colors are more 

 successful than harmonies. 



Another method is to take a definite sequence of color, and keep all 

 plants of the same color together. Blue flowers, such as Delphinium, are 

 best to arrange with white. Purple and lilac go well together, scarlet, 

 crimson, pink, orange, and yellow should be arranged to pass harmoni- 

 ously into one another. Hardy perennials are the easiest plants to grow 

 and the cheapest to buy. AVhen once planted they are easy to take care 



