HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



flower, I should place two or three sprays (stems) alone in a glass 

 or bright vase, but there might be added a spike of the cardinal 

 flower or a pair of single dahlias and a falling spray of the 

 Flame nasturtium (Tropceolum specipsum). 



This plant should have a rich soil, sunny aspect, and a raised 



FIG. 27. COREOPSIS TENUIFOLIA. 

 (One-sixth natural size j a, half natural size.) 



or well-drained site, and this is all it needs ; it is not a subject 

 to increase fast ; not only, however, may it be easily divided, but 

 if properly done after the tops have died down, the smallest 

 pieces will make good blooming stock the first season. 

 Flowering period, August and September. 



Cornus Canadensis. 



CANADIAN CORNELL, or DOGWOOD ; Nat. Ord. CORNACE^. 

 THIS pretty herbaceous plant is sometimes said to be a British 

 species; its specific name, however, somewhat forbids that 

 opinion. C. suecica, which is British, is very similar in all its 

 parts, and the two may have been confounded. They flower, 



