CHAPTER XXII. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



General Treatment. Transplanting. Propagation. Dielytra. Lily of 

 the Valley. T Adam' s Needle. Larkspur. Globe Flower. Phlox. 

 List of Choice Varieties. Canterbury Bell. Hepatica. Pink. Frax- 

 inella. Cowslip. Foxglove. Day Lily. Iris. Everlasting Pea. 

 Lupin. Ragged Robin. Spirea. Veronica. Bloodroot. List of 

 fine Species. 



N THIS connection, >ve treat of all 

 hardy biennials and perennials, 

 meaning plants which spring up for 

 two or more years, blooming during 

 the summer from yearly stems, which 

 die down each autumn, the root, in 

 the case of biennials, dying after 

 blooming, or, as with most peren- 

 nials, living many years, and springing up every season. 

 These plants are to be especially relied upon for the 

 flower garden, because they require but little care ; in fact, 

 they care for themselves. Give them the common garden 



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