422 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



Tall gromng annuals : 



Castor Oil Bean 

 Sunflower 

 Cosmos, late 



Cyperus vine 

 Balloon Vine 

 Gourd, Ornamental 

 Climbing Nasturtiums 

 Scarlet-runner Bean 



Annual Vines 



"Wild Cucumber 

 Morning Glory 

 Hop Vine 

 Moon Vine 

 Cobea 



HARDY PERENNIALS FOR CUT FLOWERS* 



One of the great joys incidental to the possession of a hardy 

 garden is the privilege of cutting flowers for the decoration of 

 the home or as a friendly gift that ^\dll never go unappreciated. 

 May and June are prodigal months in the garden, but an unlim- 

 ited supply of flowers may not be available during late smumer 

 and fall without a careful selection of varieties. We, therefore, 

 submit the foUowin 

 selection : 



g good cut-flower kinds to facilitate your 

 July-Flowering Subjects 



Achillea 



Aconitum auturanale 



Anchusa italica vars. 



Shasta Daisies 



Delphiniums 



Digitalis 



Helenium Hoopesii 



Achillea 



Aconitum autumnale 



Boltonia 



Shasta Daisies 



Coreopsis 



Delphinium 



Funkia subgrandiflora 



Gaillardia 



Heliopsis 



ITemerocallis, as noted 



Gaillardias 



Heuchera 



Hollyhocks 



Lilium tigrinum vars. 



Lychnis chalcedonica 



Pentstemons 



Phlox suffruticosa vars. 



Scabiosa 



Spiraea (Astilbe) Arendsii 



vars. 

 Stokesia 



August-Flowering Subjects 



Heuchera 



Hollyhocks 



Liatris vars. 



Lobelia cardinalis 



jNIonarda, Cambridge Scarlet 



Hardy Phlox 



Physostegia 



Platycodon 



Rudbeckia 



Statice 



Stokesia 



Tritoma 



Veronica longifolia 



silis 

 Veronica paniciilata 

 Veronica spicata 

 Veronica virginica 



September-Flowering Subjects 



Anemone aaponica vars. 



Hardy Asters, as noted 



Boltonia 



Delphinium 



Eupatorium 



Gaillardia 



Helenium 



Heliopsis 



Anemone japonica vars. 

 Hardy Chrysanthemum 



Liatris vars. 



Lobelia cardinali 



Hardy Phlox 



Physostegia 



Rudbeckia 



Scabiosa 



Statice 



Stokesia 

 Tritoma 

 Veronica longifolia 



silis 

 Veronica paniculata 

 Veronica spicata 

 Veronica virginica 



subses- 



October-Flowering Subjects 



Hardy Asters, as noted 

 Hardy Gaillardia 



Hardy Phlox 

 Hardy Tritoms 



Courtesy of N. A. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 



