CONTENTS 



EXAMPLE 



July Yucca filamentosa 104 



August Lilium speciosum 106 



September Chrysanthemum hortorum .... 107 



October-November Chrysanthemum nipponicum . . . 107 



Growth 



Long lived Dictamnus albus 108 



Transient Digitalis purpurea 110 



Weedy in habit Geranium maculatum 110 



Spreaders Achillea Ptarmica Ill 



Bulbous Lilium tigrinum 112 



Tender (in N. E.) Galtonia candicans 112 



Deep rooted Althaea rosea 113 



Shallow rooted Coreopsis lanceolata 114 



Shrubby Paeonia albiflora 115 



Need staking Delphinium elatum 115 



Raised from seed Delphinium grandiflorum . . . .116 



Easily divided Iris germanica 117 



Slow to propagate Acanthus longifolius 119 



Hold seed all winter Iris sibirica 119 



Self -sow Heliopsis scabra 119 



Climbing Humulus Lupulus 120 



Disease or insects Anemone japonica 120 



Rot in winter Digitalis purpurea 121 



Soil 



Aquatics N\aiiphaea odorata 121 



Stream margin Caltha palustris 121 



Bog Sarracenia flava 122 



Wet meadow Eupatorium purpureum 123 



Moist woods Cy]3ripedium pubescens 123 



Dry open woods Aster divaricatus 124 



Dense shade Hosta caerulea 125 



Poor soil in sun Asclepias tuberosa 126 



Salty sou Solidago sempervirens 127 



Heavy clay Iris sibirica 127 



Foliage 



Evergreen Yucca filamentosa 127 



Effective after bloom Dictamnus albus 128 



Always sparse (at bloom) . . . Colchicum autumnale 129 



Ragged after bloom Althaea rosea 129 



Bold and large Rheum emodi 129 



Grass-like Iris sibirica 130 



Finely cut ThaHctrum dioicum 131 



Aromatic Lavandula vera 131 



Blue-green Festuca glauca 132 



Red-green Saxifraga cordifoUa 132 



Gray-green Lavandula vera 132 



Yellow-green Arundinaria chrysantha 133 



Silver-green Cerastium tomentosum 133 



Variegated .(Egopodium Podograria variegatum 133 



