CHAPTER XIII. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS-TENDER BEDDING-PLANTS 

 TENDER CLIMBERS AND SUBTROPICAL PLANTS. 



LOXG lists of hardy herbaceous plants are given in the 

 catalogues of many nurserymen, and a large proportion of 

 the species and varieties advertised are valuable under 

 proper conditions of soil, exposure, and care, but the 

 majority will not give satisfaction under ordinary treatment 

 given by the amateur, and in the following list I shall 

 only describe a few of the most desirable and easily grown. 



Paeonia, Chinese. 



Tree. 



" Cut-leaved. 

 Phlox, Garden. 



" Dwarf or Moss-pink. 

 Hollyhock. 

 Anemone, Japanese. 

 Columbine. 

 Aster, Native. 

 Spiraae, Japanese. 

 Daisy, English. 

 Poppy. Plume. 

 Lily-of-the-valley. 

 Fraxinella. 

 Carnation-pink. 

 Plantain-lily. 

 Mist-plant. 

 Sunflower, Hardy. 

 Golden Glow, Rudbeckia. 



Iris, Japanese. 



" German. 

 Poppy, Oriental. 

 Feverfew, Hardy. 

 Bloodroot. 

 Wake-robin. 

 Pansy. 



Violet, English. 

 Yucca. 

 Lily, Golden-banded. 



" Lance-leaved. 



" Garden Easter. 



" Long-flowered Easter. 



" Harris, Easter. 



" Turk's-cap. 



' ' Bateman's. 

 Dutch Bulbs. 

 Gladiolus. 



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