CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



PREPARING THE BEDS . 



WINTER MULCHING . . . .20 



SUMMER MULCHING . . . .23 



PLANT COMBINATIONS . . . .30 



WEEDING 34 



LISTS OF DEPENDABLE PERENNIALS: 



OF GENERAL EXCELLENCE . . 36 



FOR SHADY POSITIONS . . .49 



FOR DRY SOILS . . . .50 



FOR WET SOILS . . . .51 



ALPINES, OR ROCK PLANTS . .51 



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