Hardy Garden FloWers 



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ISAAC HICKS & SON 



ANTHERICUM liliastrum. See Paradisea. 



AQUILEGIA, Columbine. The flower of the 

 Columbine differs from all others, the conspicu- 

 ous feature being the long, tapering spurs arch- 

 ing gracefully upward, holding a drop of honey 

 at the apex. It is the first flower ready for the 

 hummingbird upon his arrival from the tropics. 

 2 to 3 feet. May and June. 



A. ccerulea. Rocky Mountain Columbine. An 

 exquisite blue and white flower. 



A. chrysantha. A long-spurred yellow variety. 3 

 feet. July and August. 



A. alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 



A. glandulosa. Shaded blue and white. 



A. hybrids. A fine collection of double and single 

 in many shades of blue, purple, yellow, white, 

 red and pink. 



ARMERIA plantaginea. Thrift, or Sea Pink. The 

 plant is a low evergreen tuft of moss-like foliage, 

 producing clusters of pink flowers on stems 

 about 6 inches high. All summer. 



Anemone Japonica. (See page 67.) 



ARTEMISIA Abrotanum. Southernwood ; Old 

 Man. The silvery gray, fern-like foliage has a 

 strong aromatic odor. It thrives in the drier 

 portions of the rock garden and combines well 

 with cut-flowers. 



ASCLEPIAS tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. One of 

 the showiest perennials. Brilliant orange-colored 

 flowers in compact umbels. Occasionally on 

 dry hills. 2 feet. July to September. 



ASTER. Under the name of Michaelmas Daisy 

 the various species of hardy Asters hold an im- 

 portant place in the English hardy gardens. 

 Their brilliant star-like flowers are borne in such 

 profusion that they make great masses of color 

 during late summer. September and October. 



A. grandiflorus. The most showy varietv, with 

 flowers of deep violet-blue, 2 inches in diameter. 

 iVz feet. October and November. 



Aster Novas-Angliae. One of the best of our native 

 Asters, with large purple or rose-colored blos- 

 soms in September and October. Excellent for 

 bold groups among shrubs, and to produce 

 masses of color at a time when there are but few 

 flowers. 3 to 4 feet. 



A. Tataricus. Large brilliant blue flowers, lasting 

 even later than the above and valuable for the 

 same purposes. A tall and stately plant. 6 to 7 ft. 



ASTILBE Japonica. Spircra Japonica. The char- 

 acteristics of this little plant are delicacy and 

 refinement. The cut leaves are dark green, and 

 the flower-spikes of feathery white, i foot. May. 



BABY'S BREATH. See Gypsophila. 



BAPTISIA australis. Blue Wild Indigo. The 

 single upright stem branches like a little tree and 

 bears spikes of indigo pea-shaped flowers in July. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



BELEMCANDA Chinensis. Blackberry Lily. This. 

 is an iris-like plant with seed-clusters resembling 

 the blackberry. The flowers are bright orange, 

 borne on stems 2^ feet long during July and 

 August. 



BELLFLOWER. See Campanula and Platycodon. 



BELLIS perennis. English Daisy. A little gem 

 among plants. In early April it welcomes the 

 spring with dainty pink and white flowers, which 

 continue during the summer and appear freely 

 again in the cool clays of autumn. It should be 

 placed at the front of the border with Forget- 

 me-nots. 



BEE BALM. See Monarda. 

 BETONICA. See Stachys. 

 BLACKBERRY LILY. See Belemcanda. 

 BLANKET FLOWER. See Gaillardia. 

 BLEEDING HEART. See Dicentra. 

 BLOODROOT. See Sanguinaria. 



BOCCONIA cordata. Plume Poppy ; Tree Celan- 

 dine. A bold, picturesque plant, having large, 

 blue green leaves and open panicles of cream- 

 white flowers, larger than the Hydrangea. Use- 

 ful in shrubberies or wild planting, but its spread- 

 ing roots render it unsuitable for the small gar- 

 den. 5 to 8 feet. Midsummer. 



BOLTONIA asteroides. A plant closely resem- 

 bling the wild Asters and producing sheets of 

 starry white flowers. Suitable for planting in 

 masses in the shrubbery or near woodlands. 

 4 to 6 feet. August and September. (See illus- 

 tration, opposite page.) 



BUTTERCUP. See Ranunculus. 



CACTUS Opuntia. Prickly Pear. A native of 

 some of the most gravelly soils on Long Island. 

 It has delicate yellow flowers 3 inches in diameter. 

 We have used it to plant on terraces, in wild 

 gardens, which were nearly vertical, the soil 

 being temporarily held by wire netting. It grows 

 in the cleft of the rocks high up in the Palisades. 



CAMPANULA. Canterbury Bell ; Bellflower. 



These are old-time garden favorites. Tall,, 



stately spikes. 

 C. persicifolia. Blue flowers in June and July. 



i y> to 2 feet. 



C. persicifolia Moerheimei. 



camellia-like flowers, i 



Spikes of pure white t 

 to 2 feet. 



