LISTS OF DEPENDABLE PEREN- 

 NIALS 



T T is useless to attempt to name and de- 

 scribe all the good perennials that may 

 be grown, but there are some that seem to 

 do well in all sections and it may be well 

 to call attention to some of them. 



Anchusia Italic a Italian Alknet 



One should grow the Dropmore variety, 

 or possibly Perry's variety, a new form 

 just introduced. I would not have in- 

 cluded this plant in the list, because it 

 does not winter well and a stock of seed- 

 ling plants should be grown each year and 

 wintered in a coldframe, did it not present 

 such an airy, open-headed plant covered 

 with its gentian-blue flowers for a long 

 time. A good blue is a rare color in the 

 garden. A group of these should be 

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