Hill Nursery Co. These reports agree as to the 6 most 

 popular hardy herbaceous perennials. These are anem- 

 one, hollyhock, larkspur, iris, peouy, phlox. The next 

 4 favorites are columbine, poppy, rudbeckia and sun- 

 flower. These are probably the 10 most popular plants 

 of their class in America. To fill out the list to a dozen, 

 one might choose 2 of the following 10: Campanula, 

 chrysanthemum, coreopsis, 

 dianthus, dicentra, eulalia, 

 funkia, gaillardia, hemerocal- 

 lis, pyrethrum. The following 

 list of 12 is selected on a dif- 

 ferent principle by W. C. 

 Egan, who writes that a bed 

 composed of the following 

 will produce flowers from 

 early spring to late fall in 

 the following order: Phlox 

 siibulata, lily -of -the- valley, 

 bleeding heart, iris (German 

 and Japanese), peony, lark- 

 spur, platycodon, phlox (tall), 

 rudbeckia Golden Glow, gail- 

 lardia, Boltonia latisquamn, 

 unflower. In the South 

 lie 12 most popular 



r„inds would make a 

 very different list. P. 

 .7. Berckmans writes 

 that the following are 

 hardy at Augusta, Ga., 

 and are probably most 

 popular in the South: 

 Canna, carnation, chry- 

 santhemum, dahlia, violet, verbena, German iris, Jap- 

 anese iris, funkia, helianthus, phlox, hollyhock. 



An analysis of 4 northern lists gives the following 

 33 as favorites of the second rank. The agreement 

 would have been much closer if bulbs, grasses and 

 subshrubs had been excluded: 

 lillardia 



Achillea, 

 Aconitum, 

 Alyssum, 

 Asclepias, 



Astilbe, 



Boltonia, 



Campanula, 



Dicentra, 



Dictamnus, 



Digitalis, 



Gypsophila, 

 Helenium. 

 Helleborus, 



Hibiscus,' 



Kniphofia, 



Lychnis, 



Monarda, 

 CEnothera. 

 Platycodon. 

 Ranunculus. 



Silene,' 



Spirffia, 



Statiee, 



TroUius, 



Veronica, 



Vinca. 



W. M. 



Selections for Special Pueposes. — The following 

 lists are intended to be suggestive, not complete (not 

 all of them in Amer. trade) : 



1. For shady places. — On\y those which really need 

 shade are here mentioned. Other important kinds suc- 

 ceed in full sunlight and also in partial shade. 

 A. Requiring deep shade. 

 Anemone alpina, Cortusa Matthioli. 



dichotoma, Hepatica. 



nemorosa, Horminum Pyrenaicum, 



" sylvestris, Ourisia coceinea (stiff soil). 



AA. Requiring partial shade. 



Apennina. 



CaroUniana, 



ranuuculoides. 



Anssema, 

 Arnebia echioides. 

 Arum Italicum, 



raaculatum. 

 Calypso (moist), 

 Goodyera, 



Lychnis fulgens. 



Haageana, 

 Omphalodes Lueiliffi, 



Orchis spectabilis. 

 Phlox (iivaricata. 

 Ramondia. 



Ranunculus aconitifolii 

 Saxifraga, 



The following are desirable for dry situations, but are 

 not as hardy in this respect as the preceding: 



2. For dry places. -The following will endure ex- 

 tremely dry locat^ions, and are therefore desirable for 

 naturalization. They can endure neglect and drought: 

 Alyssum, Draba. 



Asclepias tuberosa 



Cheiranthus alpiuu 

 Dianthus s 



3. For vioist and wet places. — In the following sub- 

 groups those marked with astar(*) demand the treatment 

 indicated ; the others will also thrive with a less degree 



Anemone Apennii 



♦Butomus. 

 *CaIla palustris, 

 *Carex riparia. 

 Iris pseudacorus, 

 laevigata, 



vater s edge. 



Monurda didyma, 

 Myosotis, 

 Polygonum amphibiu 



Achillea Ptarmica t 

 Aconitum. 

 Anemone alpina, 



palmata, 

 *Arenaria Balearica, 



Boltonia, 



Ciielone, 

 Ciniirifuga, 

 *Cory<lalis solida, 

 Doder-atheon, 

 Fuukia, 



Typha. 



AA. Moist grounds. 



Helenium, 



Lohelia, 



Lyfehrum, 



Wertensia, 



Phlox divaricata, 



Podophyllum Emodi, 



Polygonatum, 



Polygonum, 



Pyrethnim uliginosum, 

 *Saxifraga rivularis, 

 umbrosa, 

 Virginiensis, 



vlng are all 



^thionema, 



Ajuga, 



Alyssum. 



Armeria (spring to fall), 



Aspenila, 



Aubrietia, 



Daphne, 



Erysimum, 



AA. Bloomi 

 Achillea Clavense, 



Aster alpinus. 

 Campanula (dwarf), 

 Dianthus, 



Lotus comieulatus, 

 Phlox amoena. 

 *' reptans. 



Polemonium, 

 Viola cornuta (spring 1 

 fall). 



Hieraeium, 

 Saponaria, 

 Silene acaulis. 



'* Elisabethae. 



Ceratostigma Larpenta 

 Silene Shafts, 

 Tunica Saxifraga, 



