THE FLOWER GARDEN AND LAWN IN SEPT. AND OCT. 323 



Fall planting- of perennials should be done early enough for 

 them to make some root growth before winter, usually from the 

 tenth or fifteenth of September until the tenth of October. After 

 planting they should be cultivated occasionally until the ground 

 freezes, or they should be mulched to the depth of two inches. On 

 account of their early blooming season, paeonies, irises, mertensia, 

 Iceland and Oriental poppies, dielytra, perennial candytuft, lemon 

 lilies and lilies of the valley should be planted in autumn. 



Wm. A. Peterson says, "Paeonies will thrive in all kinds of soil 

 but do best in a deep, rich loam. The bed should be trenched two 

 or more feet deep, working in a great quantity of fertilizer. The 

 crowns should be set two inches below the surface. The best time 

 to plant is in the early fall, beginning September first." 



The iris is a moisture loving plant and should be placed where 

 it may receive plenty of water, especially during the blossoming 

 season. The Japanese irises are truly magnificent, and the new 

 varieties of German iris are particularly fine, having large, slightly 

 fragrant blossoms of purest white, rosy lilac, delicate lavender, pale 

 blue and pale lemon yellow, as well as the deep, rich shades of 

 blue, purple and mahogany. 



Lemon lilies do best in a moist, slightly shaded location. Lilies 

 of the valley may be planted from the middle of October until the. 

 ground freezes. They require partial shade and rich, moist, mel- 

 low soil. 



Among the many plants that may safely be planted in autumn 

 are phlox, delphinium, platycodon, foxglove, hibiscus, lychnis, all 

 of the campanulas, funkias, heuchera, pyrethrum hybridum, Stokes' 

 aster, hypericum, achillea. New England aster, boltonia and pom- 

 pon chrysanthemums. 



No plant more amply repays liberal treatment than delphinium. 

 Trench the soil, work in plenty of fine, well rotted manure, and 

 in summer mulch two inches deep and give a liberal supply of 

 water. 



Perennial phlox responds to about the same treatment, though 

 not requiring so moist a situation. 



Arrangement of garden should have careful consideration in 

 autumn. Most herbaceous plants produce better efifects in groups 

 or masses. The single specimens may be reserved for the mixed 

 border. Better have masses of a few good things than a little 

 of everything, however good. 



Some which seem particularly adapted to massing are perennial 

 phlox in colors, foxglove, delphinium, the perennial poppies, gail- 

 lardias, Canterbury bells, campanula pyramidalis, Stokes' aster, 

 Shasta daisies and the irises. 



