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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A VERY HANDSOME BORDER OF PERENNIALS 



Hardy phlox is the most important feature of this striking and distinctive border, flaunting its brilliantly colored bloomii 

 against a quiet green background of mixed planting. Phlox is one of the showiest as well as most satisfactory of the 

 perennials. 



those plants of which there 

 are many offered. This is 

 not meant to suggest grow- 

 ing plants of which the 

 names are not known, just 

 because they may be com- 

 monly grown in a com- 

 munity. An effort should 

 be made to have only 

 named varieties of those 

 plants that have been culti- 

 vated so long that named 

 varieties have been put 

 upon the market. By grow- 

 ing named kinds greater 

 satisfaction comes to the 

 gardener in the same man- 

 ner that knowing the names 

 of those with whom we 

 mingle in a business way 

 or socially gives greater 

 satisfaction. Then, too, it 

 is easier to talk with others 

 interested in growing flow- 



ers, so that information is 

 passed along. Although 

 many kinds of these plants 

 are grown readily from 

 seed it would be well for 

 the beginner to buy plants 

 until experience is gained 

 in handling them. Of 

 course, named varieties 

 can only be secured by buy- 

 ing plants. With those 

 plants that vary much and 

 thus have produced a large 

 number of varieties there 

 is much of interest in grow- 

 ing seedlings to see if some- 

 tliing better than the things 

 already being grown can be 

 produced. This, however, 

 is only desirable for the ex- 

 perienced gardener who 

 has already grown a large 

 number of varieties of the 

 plants in which he is inter- 



