HERBS 



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

 popular hardy herbaceous perennials. These are anem- 

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

 4 favorites are columbine, poppy, rudbeckia and sun- 

 flower. These are probablv the 10 most popular plants 

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

 might choose 2 of the following 10: Campanula, 

 ehrysanthemuni, coreopsis, 

 dianthus, dieentra, eulalia, 

 funkia, gaillardia, hemerocal- 

 lis, pvrethrum. The following 

 list of 12 is selected on a dif- 

 ferent principle by W. C. 

 Egan, who writes that a bed 

 aposed of the following 

 will produce Howers from 

 early spring to late fall in 

 the following order: Phlox 

 sKbitJata, lily -of -the- valley, 

 bleeding heart, iris (German 

 and Japanese), peony, lark- 

 spur.platycoiion, phlox (tall), 

 rudbeckia Golden Glow, gail- 

 lardia, BoUonia hitisqiiama, 

 sunflower. In the South 

 the 12 most popular 

 kinds would make a 

 very different list. P. 

 J. Berckmans writes 

 that the following are 

 hardy at Augusta, Ga., 

 and are probably most 

 popular in the South: 

 Canna, carnation, chry- 

 iolet, 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 : 



Achillea, 



Asclepias, 



Astilbe, 

 Boltonia, 

 Campanula 



Dictamnus, 

 Digitalis, 



Monarda. 



CEnothera. 



Platycodon, 



Ranunculus, 



Sedum, 



Silene, 



Spirsea, 



Statice. 



TroUius, 



Vinca. 



;^. M. 



Selections for Special Purposes. -The foil 

 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. Jfequirhig deep shade. 



Cortus.i Matthioli, 



Hepatica, 



Horminum Pyrenaiciim. 



Ourisia cocciuea (stiff soil). 



sylvestris. 



AA. Meqtii 

 Aetea. 

 Adonis, 

 Anemone Apennina, 



Caroliniana, 



ranunculoidt 



Amebia echioides. 

 Arum Italicum. 



raaculatum, 

 Calypso (moist), 

 Goodyera, 



ing partial shade. 

 Liparis. 



Lychnis fulgens. 



Haageana. 

 Omphalodes Luciliie. 



Orchis speetabilis, 



Phlox divaricata, 



Ramondia. 



Ranunculus aconitifoliu 



Saxifraga, 



Tiarella. 



Trillium. 



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

 tremely dry locations, and are therefore desirable for 

 naturalization. They can endure neglect and drought: 



737 



The following are desirable for dry situations, but are 

 ot as hardy in this respect as the preceding: 

 A. Blooming in spring. 

 JEthionema, Hepatica, 



1 Caroliniana, Iberis, 



Iris pnmila. 



3. For 



: and 



pla 



In the following sub- 



groups those marked with a star(*) demand the treatment 

 indicated ; the others will also thrive with a less degree 

 of moisture: 



A. Near the water's edge. 



Monarda didyma, 

 ? Apennina. Myosotis, 



rivnlaris. Polygonum amphibium. 



Acorns. 



Virginiana, 



*Calla pahistris, 

 ♦Carex riparia. 

 Iris pseudacorus, 

 " la!vig.ata 



Sachalinense, 

 *Ranuncidus aquaticus, 

 fluitans. 



A A. Moist grounds. 

 ica fl. pi., Helenium. 



Balearica, 



Lobelia, 



Lythrum, 



Mertensia, 



Phlox divai 



Podophyllu 



Polygouatu 



Polygonum 



Primula, 



*CorydaIis solida 

 Dodecatheon, 

 Funkia, 



^thlor 



Alyfsfu, 

 Ariibis, 



Bloom ing in spring 



Heuchera (spring to fall). 



subulata. 

 Polemonium, 

 Viola cornuta (spring 1 



AA. Blooming in summer. 

 Achillea Clavenre. Hieracium, 



Arenaria, Saponaria, 



Aster alpinus. ,Silene acaulis. 



Campanula (dwarf), " alpestris, 



Dianthus, " Elisabethse. 



Aubrietis 

 Daphne. 



