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this bed to keep it in colour until frost. Pinch 

 back the Phlox so that it will be late coming into 

 flower. In this bed a few annuals may be intro- 

 duced later in the season to take the place of the 

 waning blooms : Zinnias or Marigolds or Stocks. 



Below are given the most important hardy her- 

 baceous plants and bulbs, and their best colours for 

 use in the garden, with descriptions of each and 

 suggestions for cultivating and planting. 



For the benefit of greedy and insatiable garden- 

 ers another list of perennials, and some good an- 

 nuals, may be found in the following chapter. 



PEONIES; pink, white, rose-red. 



GERMAN IRIS; purple and deep yellow or golden. 



JAPANESE IRIS; all the colours are desirable. 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove); purple, white. 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS (Sweet William); single, 

 double and auricula flowered; all colours. 



DELPHINIUM (Larkspur); formosum, elatum, 

 English hybrids. 



HOLLYHOCK; single and semi-double; all colours. 



PHLOX; all colours but purple-red. 



DAHLIAS; show and cactus. 



