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TTrr. UJ»T EXAUPLB PAGl 



Size 



Tall Parthenocissus tricuspidata ... 74 



Low Hedera heli.x 74 



Leafage 



Large Aristolochia macroiihylla .... 74 



Small Wisteria sinensis 75 



Evergreen Evonymus radicans 75 



Autumn coloration Parthenocissus quinquefolia ... 75 



Use 



Buildings and walls, vertical . . Parthenocissus tricuspidata ... 75 



Fences and walls, horizontal . . Vitis Labrusca 76 



Trellises, upward Clematis Jackmannii 76 



Thickets Lycium halimifolium 77 



Ground cover Lonicera japonica 77 



Flowers Campsis radicans 77 



Fruit Celastrus scandens 78 



PERENNIALS 

 Height 



7 feet or more Althaea rosea 79 



6 feet Aralia cordata 79 



5 feet Aralia racemosa 80 



4 feet Achillea filipendulina 80 



About 3 feet Achillea Ptarmica "The Pearl" . . 81 



About 2 feet Actaca alba 82 



About I5 feet Achillea Tournefortii 84 



About 1 foot Alyssum saxatile 85 



6-8 inches Achillea tomentosa 86 



Less than 6 inches, tufted . . . Statice Armeria 86 



Less than 6 inches, creeping . . Ajuga reptans 87 



Color 



White Achillea Ptarmica "The Pearl" . . 88 



Blush Pink Anemone nemorosa 91 



Rose Pink Statice Armeria 91 



Red Heuchera sanguinea 92 



Maroon Asarum canadense 93 



Scarlet Papaver orientale 93 



Orange Asclepias tuberosa 94 



Deep Yellow Adonis vernalis 94 



Pale yellow Aquilegia chrysantha 95 



Light Blue Amsonia Tabernaemontana ... 96 



Dark Blue Aconitum Napellus 97 



Violet Anemone Pulsatilla 97 



Violent Purple Bulbocodium vernum 99 



Season 



February-March Galanihus nivalis 99 



April Narcissus inoomparabilis .... 100 



May Tulipa Gesneriana 101 



June Hemerocallis flava 102 



