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GAI^LARDIA. A vase full of long-stemmed Gaillardias in your 

 isplay cooler will help make all the other flowers look better, 

 he plants are constant bloomers, fine keepers, attractive singly 

 >r when massed, equally good during the dryest Summer or a wet 

 all, and enable you to cut flowers until the snow flies. (See page 376.) 

 HARDY ASTERS (Michaelmas Daisy). With their masses of 

 elicately tinted Daisy-shaped flowers of light lavender, mauve, 

 nd heliotrope, borne on good stems, these hardy Asters are not 

 nly splendid for the hardy border, but equally good for cutting, 

 hether you want to use them to go with other flowers or in vases 

 y themselves. (See page 268.) 



HARDY PINKS. This list would hardly be complete without 

 mentioning these charming little border plants. As far as the 

 flowers are concerned, they will pay best in the admiration and 

 enjoyment you yourself get. As for the plants, don't ever let a 

 patron go away saying "He talks about hardy plants but doesn't 

 carry even a border Pink." (See page 351.) 



HELIANTHUS (Hardy Sunflower). Among the Helianthus are 

 varieties which will flower during October and grow into 6- or 7-ft. 

 plants. The fact that they are also good decorative cut flowers 

 makes them desirable perennials. (See page 393.) 



HOLLYHOCKS. The cut flowers of Hollyhocks have but little 

 value to us, but the plants when in bloom make a grand display. 

 They help advertise your business if planted in the right spot and, 

 as with the Poppies, quite a number of your patrons will call on you 

 for plants for their gardens. (See 

 page 249.) 



ICELAND POPPY (Papaver 

 nudicaule). The Icela id Poppies 

 are well named and deserve more 

 attention at the hands of the flor- 

 ist. Grown from seed sown in- 

 doors in February, they will flower 

 all through the first Summer; the 

 following Spring they will be the 

 first to bloom of all of the per- 

 ennials you cut flowers from. (See 

 page 461.) 



IRIS. While near the top of 

 the list as a perennial for the hardy 

 border and outdoor planting in 

 general, the Iris isn't nearly as 



important as any of the forego- Fig. 76. ANOTHER PERENNIAL PROD- 

 ing: yet of course it deserves a UGT. The center of the heart is of 

 ' . J , double red Sweet William, and the 



prominent place in every assort- border of Feverfew. Ferns and Gy/ 

 ment. (See page 410.) phila paniculate give lightness 



