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HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



It is a good subject for the drier parts of rockwork, where a 

 twiggy branch should be secured, which it will soon cover. It is 

 also fine for lattice work, or it may be grown where it can 

 appropriate the dried stems of lupine and larkspurs. For all 

 such situations it is not only showy, but beautiful. The flowered 

 sprays are effective in a cut state, especially by gaslight; they 

 come in for drooping or twining purposes, and last a long time in 

 water. 



If grown as a tender plant its treatment is as simple as 

 can be ; the tubers may be planted in early spring in any desired 



FIG. 106. TROP-ffiOLTjM TUBEROSTTM. 

 (One-fifth natural size.) 



situation, and when the frosts at the end of the season have cut 

 down the foliage, the tubers maybe taken up and stored in sand; 

 but if it is intended to winter it out the situation should be 

 chosen for its dryness, and the soil should be of a sandy nature, 

 in which the tubers ought to be placed 5in. or 6in. deep. It is 

 self -propagating, the tubers being numerously produced; and 

 like "potato sets," the larger ones may be cut in pieces; if, 

 however, numbers are not the object they are better left uncut. 

 Caterpillars are fond of this plant ; at the first sight of an eaten 

 leaf, they should be looked for and destroyed. 



