4O Making a Garden of Perennials 



cTirysantha) seems to be the sturdiest of 

 the group and lasts several years. It be- 

 longs to the long-spurred class, all of 

 which are good. 



Bocconia cordata Plume Poppy 



The plume poppy is a stately plant, at- 

 taining a height of seven to eight feet, 

 bearing in July and August terminal pani- 

 cles of creamy white flowers having large, 

 indented glaucous foliage. It has one 

 fault, however; it spreads rapidly and 

 soon takes possession of the whole bed, 

 and therefore should be in an individual 

 hole of its own. The plantings are some- 

 times made in large bottomless tubs, sunk 

 in the ground. 



Campanula Bell Flower 



Nearly all of this family, as well as the 

 allied Platycodons, are good. They are 

 slender, upright growers, as a rule, but 

 C. Carpatica, already mentioned in the 

 text, grows but eight inches tall. The 



