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Hill Nursery Co. These reports agree as to th^ 6 most 

 popular haniy berbaceous perenuials. These are anem- 

 one, hollyhock, larkspur, iris, peony, phlox. The next 

 4 favorites are columbine, poppy, rudbeckia and sun- 

 flower. These are probably the 10 most popular plants 

 of their class in America. To fill out the list to a dozen, 

 one might choose 2 of the following 10: Campanula, 

 chrysanthemum, coreopsis, 

 dianthu.s, diceutra, eulalia, 

 funkia. guiUardia, hemerocal- 

 lis, pyrethrum. The following 

 list of 12 is selected on a dif- 

 ferent principle by W. C 

 Egan, who writes that a bed 

 composed of the following 

 will produce flowers from 

 early spring to late fall in 

 the following order: Phlox 

 subulata, lily-of-tbe-valley, 

 bleeding heart, iris (German 

 and Japanese), peony, lark- 

 spur, platycodon, phlox (tall), 

 rudbeckia Golden Glow, gail- 

 lardia, BoJtonia latisquama, 

 sunflower. In the South 

 the 12 most popular 

 kinds would make a 

 vi'ry different list. P. 

 J. Berckmans writes 

 that the following are 

 hardy at Augusta, Ga., 

 and are probably most 

 popular in the South: 

 Canna, carnation, chry- 

 santhemum, dahlia, violet, verbena, German iris, Jap- 

 anese iris, funkia, helianthus, phlox, hollyhock. 



An analysis of 4 northern lists gives the following 

 33 as favorites of the second rank. The agreement 

 would have been much closer if bulbs, grasses and 

 subshrubs had been excluded: 



Monarda, 



OEnothera, 



PlatyeodoTi, 



Ranunculus, 



Sedum, 



Silene, 



Spirfea, 



Statiee, 



Trollius, 



Veronica, 



Vinca. 



W. M. 



Selections for Special Purposes. — The following 

 lists are intended to be suggestive, not complete {not 

 all of them in Amer. trade) : 



1. For sh(u?y places. ~On\y those which really need 

 shade are here mentioned. Other important kinds suc- 

 ceed in full sunlight and also in partial shade. 

 A. Requiring deep shade. 



Cortusa MattMoli. 

 Hepatica. 



Horminum Pyrenaicum, 

 Ourisia eoecinea (stiff soil). 

 ng partial shade, 

 Liparis, 

 Lychnis fulgens, 



Haageana, 

 Omphalodes Lueiliae, 



The following are desirable 

 not as hardy in this respect a; 



for dry situations, but are 

 i the preceding: 



sylvestris, 

 AA. Requl 



Actea, 



Adonis. 



Anemone Apennina, 



Caroliniana, 

 ranunculoides, 



Arissema, 



Arnebia eehioides, 



Arum Italicum, 

 " maculatum. 



Calypso (moist), 



Goodyera, 



Habenaria, 



Helleborus, 



Orchis spectabilis, 



Phlox divaricata, 



Ramondia, 



Ranunculus aconitifolius. 



Saxifraga, 



Tiarella, 



Trillium. 



2. For drtf placfs. — The following will endure ex- 

 tremely dry locations, and are therefore desirable for 

 naturalixation. They can endure neglect and drought: 



Alyssum. 

 Antennaria, 

 Asclepias tuberosa 



Draba 



Erinus alpinus. 



Genista sagittalis. 



Heliantbemum, 



Linaria. 



Reseda glauca. 



3. For moist and wet places. — \n the following sub- 

 groups those marked with a star(*) demand the treatment 

 indicated ; the others will also thrive with a less degree 

 of moisture: 



A. Near the water's edge. 

 Acorus, 



Anemone Apennina, 

 rivularis. 

 Virginiana, 

 *Butomus, 

 *Calla palustris, 

 *Carex riparia. 

 Iris pseudacorus, 

 " Isevigata, 



A A. Moist ( 



Monarda didyma, 

 Myosotis, 



Polygonum araphibium. 

 Sachalinense, 

 *Ranuneulus aquatieus, 

 litans, 



Typha 



hederaceus, 



*A 



Achillea Ptarmica fl. pi., 



Aconitum. 



Anemone alpina, 

 palmata, 

 laria Halearica, 



Arisiema, 



Arnica, 



Arundo, 



Astilbe. 



Boltonia, 

 *Cardamiue pratense fi.pl 



Cbelone, 



Cimicifuga, 

 *CorydaIis solida, 



Dodecatheon, 



Funkia, 



■onnds. 

 Heleninm, 

 Lobelia, 

 Lythrum, 

 Mertensia, 

 Phlox divaricata. 

 Podophyllum Emodi, 

 Polygonatum, 

 Polygonum, 

 Primula, 



Pyrethrum uliginosum, 

 *Saxif raga i ' 



Spiral 

 TrUliii 

 Trollii 



Virginiensis, 



4. For carpets and edgings. — The following are all 

 more or less low and dense: 



