SELECTIONS OF HAEDT PLANTS, 



IN the opening- chapters of the book I endeavoured to give a com- 

 prehensive view of the various ways in which hardy flowers may be 

 grown, but the reader who glances over the heaaings of the fol- 

 lowing selections will obtain a much fuller one. They are intended 

 to act as guides to the inexperienced in carrying out every kind ol 

 embellishment with hardy flowers. Some plants are named that 

 are not described in the body of the book, as for example, climb- 

 ing shrubs, for covering bowers, rustic wigwams, etc., in the list for 

 that purpose. Some perennials, too, have a place in the list for 

 special purposes that were not sufficiently important for description 

 in the body of the book, and annuals are also associated with 

 perennials for various special purposes. Considerable care has been 

 bestowed on making each selection suitable for its purpose, and as 

 comprehensive as the plants in cultivation will admit of. These are 

 respects in which garden literature has always seemed to me to be 

 deficient, and they are very important ones. 



A Choice Selection of the very finest Herbaceous Perennials. 

 Bulbs are omitted from this selection. 



Anemone 

 palmata 

 Pulsatilla 



stellata 

 sylvestris 



Aquilegia 



alpina 

 caerulea 



glandulosa 

 truncata 



Arum 

 italicum 



Arundo 



Donax 

 Asclepias 



tuberosa 

 Asphodelus 



luteus 



ramosus 

 Aster 



Amellus 



elegans 



Isevis 



Novas Anglioj 



Novi Belgii 



