CHAPTER XVin. 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



Die Zahl der Freunde von Stauden oder perennierenden 

 Gewaechsen liat in den letzten Jahren ganz bedeutend 

 zugenommen ; man darf nur bei einem Ausflug die Gaerten 

 und Gaertclien der Blunienfreiinde, in <ler Stadt, wie auf dem 

 Lande, aufmerksani betracliieii, da wild man beobachten 

 koennen, dass Stauden sclion viel Verwendung gefundeu 

 haben und hoffentlich noch meliv finden werden. 



J. Biemueller. 



The hardy herbaceous perennials, as a class, are the 

 easiest to manage, the cheapest and the most naturalistic 

 in the effect they give, of all the plants that grow. When 

 once planted they need very little further care. Many 

 of them need none at all, and will thrive and multiply 

 for years in the grass or among the shrubs without the 

 slightest attention. Growing thus at full fi-eedom they 

 give a wild, woodsy air to a place which nothing else 

 can furnish quite so well. Their ability to take care of 

 themselves year after year makes them very cheap. 

 There has been a very healthy and gratifying tendency 

 in recent years toward the more general use of such 

 material, but there is no likelihood that it will soon be 

 overdone. 



Hardy perennials may be used in almost any situa- 

 tion where plants are wanted at all. They may grow 

 under the trees, among the shrubs, in rockeries, along 

 the borders of ponds and rivulets, on sloping banks, in 

 borders by themselves, in shade or sun ; in fact, it is 

 very hard to go amiss with them unless, indeed, they 

 are put into flower beds. It is a very convenient way to 

 outline a border with herbaceous perennials, among 

 which and in front of which the annuals are planted 



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