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A LITTLE BOOK OF PERENNIALS 



of plants given you by friends; each of these plants deserves careful 

 culture to bring it to such a state of perfection as will indicate your 

 appreciation of your friend, the giver. A pink Larkspur becomes 

 more than a Larkspur — it is a memory of Mrs. Neighbor or Mr. 

 Sharer. 



The progressive garden lover should each year add some of the 

 best kinds of plants to his garden. We should note who sells the best, 

 who has contributed to the improvement of your favorite flowers and 

 purchase from them. What are the few cents in initial cost ? Some 

 kinds will increase tenfold in a year. Many seedsmen, flower special- 

 ists and nurserymen, send you their catalogs year after year at consid- 

 erable expense. They are anxious to render you every service. They 

 are encouraged to find that their efl'orts are not in vain and that 

 people are becoming increasingly interested in the better varieties. 

 When you ask for Peony Therese and Iris Isohne, they are pleased. 

 They know that you have passed the stage where "just Peonies and 

 just Iris" are sufiicient, because you are inquiring for some of the 

 improved varieties. 





An arbor to frame portions of a perennial border. (See page 15) 



