An attractive home garden of perennial and annual flowers, with a vine-covered pergola, that incidentally serves 



to screen an adjoining residence. 



Hardy Qarden Flolvers 



HE old-fashioned hardy garden is a continuous source of delight from the earliest 

 spring, when the Crocus and Daffodils peep through the snow, through the long sum- 

 mer with its profusion of flowers, till late fall when the Chrysanthemum ends the 

 flower season. 



Such a garden, after it is once established, requires little care other than keeping 

 down the weeds and the occasional division of the clumps that have become too 

 crowded. In shrubberies the herbaceous plants give a desirable and pleasing effect, 

 making a bright bit of color when the background of shrubs is not in bloom ; thus the group is 

 always a spot of interest and beauty. 



ACHILLEA millefolium roseum. Rose-flowered 

 Yarrow. Rose-colored form of the common 

 yarrow. i}4 feet. June to October. 



A. Ptarmica flore pleno, "The Pearl." This plant 

 makes a dense sod, and seems able to maintain 

 itself in any soil. The clusters of small, double 

 white flowers, resembling the Bridal Wreath 

 spirea, are borne on long stems, and furnish a 

 welcome addition to bouquets throughout the 

 summer. 2 to 3 feet. 



A. Sibirica. A neat clump of foliage of dome 

 form, surmounted with clusters of white flowers 

 in July. 2 feet. 



ADONIS vernalis. Bright yellow flowers 2 or 3 

 inches across, borne in earliest spring. Foliage 

 finely cut. March to May. 



AGROSTEMMA. See Lychnis. 

 ALTHJEA. See Hollyhock. 



ALYSSUM saxatile compactum. Tufts of showy 

 yellow flowers. April to June. A pretty plant 

 for edging. 



AMSONIA tabernaemontana. A woody perennial, 

 with willow-like leaves and panicles of small, 

 bluish flowers in May and June. 2 to 3 feet. 



ANEMONE Japonica. The Japan Anemone ranks 

 with the chrysanthemum as queen of the autumn 

 flowers. The exquisite waxy white flowers 2 to 

 3 inches across, with golden stamens, continue in 

 stately profusion after the early frosts. It should 

 be freely planted. It needs a rich soil, and 

 should remain undisturbed for several years, the 

 ground being slightly mulched in winter. 3 to 4 

 feet. September, October. See illustration, 

 page 68. 



A. Japonica, var. alba. Pure white. 



A. Japonica, var. "Queen Charlotte." Large, semi- 

 double flowers of La France pink. 



A. Pennsylvanica. This has large cream-white 

 flowers all summer. An excellent plant. 12 to 

 15 inches. 



ANTHEMIS tinctoria. Chamomile ; Golden Mar- 

 guerite. Yellow daisy flowers and finely cut 

 foliage. \y z to 2 feet. July. 



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