The Hardy Garden 



strong, well developed plants by fall, plants that 

 should stand the winter and come out in spring in 

 fine condition, ready for a notable season of 

 bloom. 



While hardy perennials are generally thought 

 of in connection with such herbaceous plants as 

 die down to the ground in fall, reappearing again 

 in spring, and the few that make a crown of 

 winter foliage, like the hollyhocks and delphin- 

 iums, no perennial garden could be considered 

 complete without an abundance of lilies. These 

 may be planted here and there, singly and in 

 groups among the perennials and shrubbery and 

 will need little attention, increasing in numbers 

 year by year. This is especially true of the 

 candidum or annunciation lily, which once 

 planted continues to increase for many years, but 

 should have the clumps broken up once in three 

 or four years and spread out to give more room. 

 Failure to bloom successfully always calls for in- 

 vestigation of the condition of the bulbs. Usu- 

 ally it will be found that decay has set in or that 

 worms or ants have invaded the bulbs. In either 



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