194 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



Queen Anne's Lace that we encounter anywhere 

 and everywhere, along the roadside and in the 

 fields? 



Beautiful lacy flowers of white, borne erect on 

 long, stiff stems ; refined in appearance. Its main 

 objection will be its commonplaceness and its habit 

 of spreading rapidly, but in the weed garden this 

 latter may be controlled by not letting the flower 

 heads go to seed. 



The goldenrod lacks nothing in grace, charm 

 nor beauty and is really a fit subject for the 

 cultivated perennial border. 



The beautiful golden yellow buttercups of the 

 field and the commonly termed "butter and eggs" 

 of the roadside, are both beautiful and withal de- 

 sirable candidates for an interesting collection. 



Note the bright splotch of pink or white on the 

 stony hillside in early spring; the flowers about 

 completely covering the evergreen plants, and pro- 

 viding a veritable gay carpet of bloom. This is 

 the phlox sublata or mountain pink which may 

 now be gathered in its wild state or purchased as 

 cultivated plants and much in demand for rock 

 gardens and for planting on embankments and 

 terraces. 



The little shrinking violet in the grass, both 

 violet and white are fitting subjects for the hob- 

 byist of whom we speak, and for naturalizing in 

 various places. 



