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TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS 



Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) , a very effective hardy perennial on any good garden 

 soil, producing long spikes of deep blue flowers. 



Madame Pacquette (bright rosy claret) early 



Maori King (rich golden yellow) 



Mrs. H. Darwin (white, violet veins) early 



Pallida Dalmatica (lavender, blue) 



Queen of May (lilac, pink) 



Silver King (silvery white) early 



ANNUALS 



Annuals are always desirable on every home grounds as they are most 

 essential in producing the best and most continuous display of flowers 

 dunng the summer months. Their great variety and their adaptability 

 to all soils and conditions as well as the many beautiful ways in which 

 they may be used about the home grounds make them almost indispen- 

 sable. As cut flowers they are the particular favorites of nearly every one 

 and the planting of the home grounds without a few such annuals as 

 sweet peas, asters, pansies, or nasturitums would hardly seem complete. 



Annuals are also especially valuable in producing quick effects as well 

 as for enhancing the grounds of the renter or person who has not the means 

 to plant the more expensive perennial or permanent kinds. When 

 planted in the foreground of shrubs or among perennial, annuals are most 

 pleasing but it is an unfortunate mistake to grow annuals in flower beds 

 dotted over the lawn. In the free and natural style of landscape garden- 

 ing they should be planted in naturalistic beds about the borders of the 

 home grounds and when so arranged, enhance the beauty of the entire 



