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THE COMPLETE GARDEN 



Sidalcea Candida 



Sidalcea 

 Smilacina racemosa 



False Spikenard 



Solidago canadensis 



Goldenrod 

 Thalictrum aquilegifolium 

 Meadow-rue 

 Tradescantia (in variety) 

 Spiderwort 



b. Low types: 



Astidium marginale 



Margined Fern 

 Asperula hexaphylla 



Woodruff 

 Claytonia virginica 



Spring Beauty 

 Convallaria majalis 



Lily-of-the-valley 

 Hepatica triloba 



Hepatica 

 Heuchera sanguinea 



Coral-bell 

 Iris cristata 



Crested Iris 

 Lamium maculatum 



Dead Nettle 

 Mitchella repens 



Partridge Berry 

 Myosotis palustris 



Forget-me-not 

 Oenothera biennis 



Evening Primrose 

 Phlox divaricata 



Wild Sweet William 



Phlox ovata 



Mountain Phlox 

 Phlox stolonifera 



Creeping Phlox 

 Phlox subulata 



Moss Pink 

 Polemonium reptans 



Greek Valerian 

 Polygonatum multiflorum 



Solomon's Seal 

 Primula (in variety) 



Primrose 

 Sanguinaria canadensis 



Bloodroot 

 Saponaria ocym&ides 



Rock Soapwort 

 Trillium grandiflorum 



Large-flowered Wake Robin 

 Tunica saxifraga 



Saxifrage-like Tunica 

 Viola canadensis 



Canadian Violet 

 Viola canina 



Dog-tooth Violet 



D. Perennials for Long Flowering Period. Not only are peren- 

 nials selected because of the colours of the flowers and other character- 

 istics such as good blooming combinations, perpetual bloom, and good 

 flowers, as shown in the following groups, but many times certain 

 types are selected because of their long blooming period. Such plants 

 as the yellow marguerite, the Shasta daisy, the blanket flower, and 

 certain hardy phloxes, are very valuable in the garden because they 

 produce flowers over a long blooming period, extending in instances for 

 three or four weeks. Some of these plants require cutting back, like 

 the larkspurs and nettle-leaved mulleins, thus causing them to pro- 

 duce a second crop of bloom. They are all useful to insure a bridging 

 of the gaps between the flowering period of other sorts or to plant in 

 those places where only one, or at most a few sorts, can be used. The 



