PERENNIALS 101 



Not only be chary of varieties in the hardy 

 garden and borders, but use the same restraint as 

 to the multiplication of species. The wonderful 

 big notes are struck by solid effects such as are 

 to be found in nature. Bring your stock of Phlox 

 divaricata the type color or Alyssum saxatile up 

 to one hundred plants, which is easily done in 

 a few years. Set them out in a long, narrow 

 drift of each and the point will be plainly appar- 

 ent. This course does not call for the slighting of 

 other desired perennials; they can be grouped as 

 fillers, or used in the reserve garden and odd spots 

 on the place. Often space by the south or east 

 wall of a barn may be used for colonizing peren- 

 nials not required for the garden. They make a 

 fine show there because of the isolation and are 

 always handy for cutting. 



Perennials are the cheapest of all plant invest- 

 ments, everything considered. Most of them in- 

 crease so rapidly that in a few years the result 

 makes the money laid out seem ridiculously small. 

 A large number of the commonest kinds may be 

 had at fifteen cents each less by the dozen or 

 hundred. Novelties and rarities are seldom more 

 than half a dollar in. this country. In England 

 all kinds of high prices are paid willingly; some 

 of the 1912 novelties were $24 each. 



