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tive grouping and the adoption of suitable colour schemes. But 

 whatever its length it must have breadth if it is to be an artistic 

 success. 



What to plant is a question that may next be considered. I 

 have drawn up a list of hardy perennials and biennials which may 

 prove useful to the beginner, and I have arranged them in three 

 sections, so that he may have some guide by which to judge the 

 natural height of the plants when he sets out his border. The 

 biennials will need renewing after two years, either from seed or 

 young plants : 



Tall Subjects 



Delphinium (white and various shades of blue and red ; one to four 



feet). 

 Digitalis grandiflora and D. purpurea (foxglove). (Yellow, purple 



spotted or white ; three to five feet.) 



Hollyhocks (double and single, varied colours ; ten to twelve feet). 

 Rudbeckia (stately subjects, rather like sunflowers, but with slender 



stalks. Profusion of bloom ; three to six feet). 

 Sunflowers (giant or medium, such as Miss Mellish or Soleil d'Or ; 



four to eight feet). 



Medium Height 



Anemone Japonica (white and pink flowers ; late ; one and a half to 

 two feet). 



Aquilegia (Columbine) (various colours ; two to three feet). 



Campanula persicaefolia (blue and white ; thrives in partial shade ; 

 one to three feet). 



Campanula lactiflora (white tinged with blue ; two to six feet). 



Campanula pyramidalis (chimney bellflower, blue ; four to six feet). 



Canterbury bells (various colours ; three feet). 



Coreopsis grandiflora (beautiful yellow flowers on long stems, in- 

 valuable for cutting ; three feet). 



Doronicum (light yellow flowers ; bloom early ; one to three feet). 



Gaillardia (should be massed in groups ; two to two and a half feet). 



German iris or flag (fine spike leaves ; evergreen ; flowers in variety oi 

 colours ; two to three feet). 



Geum (colours various ; vigorous growth ; one to two feet). 



Hepatica (suitable for windy places ; two to three and a half feet). 



Iceland poppies (various colours ; valuable for cutting ; one foot). 



