CHAPTER XIV. 



PERENNIAL FLOWERS. 



In spring the great Northwest lies at the busy end 

 of the world. The plowing and sowing must be done. 

 The success of the crop often depends on the seeding, 

 which must be done early. The winters are long and 

 when warm weather comes every moment seems crowd- 

 ed, and so if one is to have a fine yard it is a great help 

 to have an abundance of choice perennials. These stay 

 planted. You do not have to put them out every 

 spring. 



Farmers are waking up to the importance of flowers 

 for home use. 'Not long ago a man asked a nursery 

 agent what he had that would do for cut flowers. ^Tlie 

 young folks must have them for their parties and so- 

 cial gatherings and they must be ordered from the 

 city, and the team must be stopped to go to the depot 

 after them, and they cost a good deal,'' and he did not 

 see why they could not raise their own and have them 

 fresh, and when he showed his bills, the agent said that 

 for what he paid out in one year he could have a pro- 

 cession of beauty all his own and an abundance for 

 all occasions from early spring till frosts came. Let 

 me name this procession. 



