PERENNIALS 



from year to year, and by separating the 

 roots when well grown, the stock can be 

 increased indefinitely. The same money 

 formerly spent upon bedding-out plants will 

 buy bulbs, perennials and shrubs in quan- 

 tities, which will beautify your grounds to 

 an extent undreamed of in the days when 

 the bedding-out plants held masterful sway 

 in this country. 



This year nearly all the Larkspurs in my 

 garden were seven feet tall, and many of 

 the plants grew so large that a man unaided 

 could not reach around them to tie to the 

 necessary stakes; and there were also seven 

 shades of blue among them; the Hollyhocks 

 sent up five and six great stalks, many of 

 them eight feet in height; the Boconia cor- 

 data rose far above a tall man's head; the 

 Spiraea aruncus was six feet high; Cardinal 

 flowers, Phlox, and many Lilies grew to 

 unusual sizes, and nearly all the flowers blos- 

 somed before their accustomed time; in fact, 

 all plants that survived the great severity of 

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