124 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



from year to year. One of tlie best ways is to mix them 

 with the shrubbery, usually, of course, bringing them 

 somewhat in front of the larger woody shrubs, as shown 

 in Fig. 31. Many of them are excellent simply scattered 

 thickly in the grass. Here they become naturalized and 

 lead their own careless-thrifty lives. Buttercups and 

 daisies live in that way. Columbines and golden-rods 

 give great satisfaction when similarly grown. So do 

 anemones, trilliums, asters, claytonias, erigerons, pent- 



FIG. 31. SUGGESTION FOR BORDEK PLANTING. 



For planting wUli perennials : a, Paparer niulicmde, Iceland poppy, 

 6, Pentstemon acuminatus. c, Phlox hybrids, d. Aster NovcB-Anglice. e. 

 Aquilegia chrysantha, columbine, f, Hollyhocks, r/, Coreopsis grandi- 

 flora. h. Chrysanthemum maxbnum. i, Peonies, or Oenothera Fraseri. 



For planting with annuals: a, Nasturtiums, dwarf, b, Shirley 

 poppies, c, Gaillardia Lorenziana. d, Branching asters, e. Antirrhinum, 

 snapdragon. /, Sunflower, " Stella." g, Coreopsis Drummondii, " Golden 

 Wave." h, Petunias, i, Phlox Dmnnmondii. 



For mixed planting: a, Nasturtiums. ^, Shirley poppies, c, Glad- 

 ioli, rf, rancliing asters, e, Aquilegia chrysantha, columbine. /, Heli- 

 anthus orgyalis, W. How-leaved sunflower, g. Calendula, or Large Mari- 

 golds, h, Digitalis gloxinceflora, foxglove, i, Lilium speciosum rubrum. 



stemons, and many others. Of course, the most of 

 these cannot be grown in a lawn which is kept mowed ; 

 but there should be some unmowed lawn on any place 

 which has the room. 



Many of the hardy perennials can be grown easily 

 from seed. Usually it is best to sow the seed in a spe- 

 cially prepared bed or cold frame, from which the seed- 

 lings are transplanted to pots, nursery rows, or directly 



