INTRODUCTION 7 



flowering, such plants fulfill the requirements of height automatically 

 imposed by some few groups. Height of plants means little to the 

 landscape designer as compared with the many other important 

 requirements of foliage effects, character of fruits and flowers, soil 

 adaptations, hardiness and habits of growth and their response to 

 pruning operations. 



In the selection of garden perennials questions of height are entirely 

 secondary to the ability of the plants to produce flowers and foliage of 

 varying qualities, so essential to the success of the garden picture 

 during different months of the growing season. 



