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WITH EVERGREENS AS A BACKGROUND 



This herbaceous border is very good, with some annuals in front of the evergreens and groupings of hardy phlox, zin- 

 nia, coreopsis, aster, false dragon head, and a small hollyhock and gaillardias in bloom interspersed with plantings of 

 iris, columbine and hardy chrysanthemums. 



ested and so knows what is 

 already available. In many 

 parts of the eastern United 

 States the transplanting of 

 spring and summer flower- 

 ing perennials may be done 

 either spring or fall, pref- 

 erably the latter where they 

 will stand the winter. In 

 the neighborhood of New 

 York City, in the southern 

 parts of Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois 

 the latter part of August 

 and September is a good 

 time for this work, if there 

 have been good rains so 

 that the ground is well sup- 

 plied with moisture. North 

 of this transplanting would 

 best be done in spring. 

 Farther south the season 

 would be later, beginning 

 about a month before the 

 usual date of the first kill- 



ing frost, and stopping two 

 months before the ground 

 freezes up, in those regions 

 where the ground freezes 

 more than an inch or two 

 deep. Where the ground 

 does not freeze transplant- 

 ing may well be done as 

 soon as the ground is wet 

 enough in the fall to insure 

 a good root growth. Mois- 

 ture rather than temper- 

 ature is likely to be the de- 

 termining factor in the 

 warmer parts of the coun- 

 try. Herbaceous peren- 

 nials have been more grown 

 in those parts of the coun- 

 try that have a climate 

 similar to western Europe 

 than elsewhere, largely be- 

 cause our people have trav- 

 eled much abroad, have ad- 

 mired the flowers there, 

 and have come home and 



