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Showing how many beautiful flowers can be grown on a small area between a vegetable-garden or boundary which 

 needs to be screened and a drive or path. The background consists of tall shrubs interspersed and bordered by Hollyhocks, 

 Eulalia Grass, Day Lily and other hardy flowers. To fill out the space the annual, Nicotiana, is used. 



Hardy Garden Flowers 



The flower-garden Is now considered as an outdoor room and as much under the care of the head of 

 the household as any part of the house. The pleasures of a flower-garden cannot be fully described, but it 

 is our purpose here to describe a collection of the good things that may be readily cultivated and give delight 

 throughout the season. All of the plants offered are hardy, and only a few of them require autumn mulching, 

 which they get in a state of nature and which is a benefit to all the garden. 



Care of a garden of hardy flowers is limited to keeping the weeds down and the paths in order, cutting 

 the tops of those that have gone to seed, and replanting or dividing some varieties after a few years' growth, 

 to reduce overcrowding or to give the surplus to a neighbor. There is no annual charge for replanting. 



With the hardy flowers may be appropriately planted tender flowers from the greenhouse or bedding 

 plants, such as Geraniums, Begonias; annual flowers from seed, such as Asters, Balsam, Morning-Glory, 

 Marigold, Nasturtium, Pansy, Poppy, Portulaca, Sweet Peas; and bulbs, as Hyacinth, Tulip, and Crocus. 

 There are also a number of shrubs that are appropriate in the flower garden: Azalea, Japanese Maple, 

 Boxwood, Laurel, Rhododendrons, Roses and evergreens, as Red Cedar, Yew, Retinospora and Arborvitae. 



Another use, not often thought of for hardy garden flowers, is to plant them among groups of shrubs 

 and trees, adding color and interest during the dull season of summer and early autumn. Flowers useful 

 for this purpose are usually the tall-growing varieties that exhibit their flowers above the foliage of the 

 shrubs, such as Aster, Asclepias, Cassia, Helenium, Helianthus, Hibiscus, Hollyhock, Iris, Lily, Miscanthus, 

 or Eulalia Grass, Golden Glow, Yucca, and many others. 



Cover planting is a form of landscape gardening in its infancy. Planters have yet to realize its perennial 

 economy and beauty, especially on areas difficult to keep in good grass. For such purpose, we offer in quan- 

 tity at low rates, Iris cristata, Phlox subulata, Sedum, Vinca, Yucca, etc. 



We have followed the system of botanical names in this department and have cross-indexed with the 

 common names. 



ACHILLEA. A low plant, growing about r K feet 

 high, with branching clusters of little white 

 buttons like the Bridal Wreath, which can be 

 picked almost any time in the summer to add to 

 bouquets the same as Baby's Breath. 



AGROSTEMMA. See Lychnis. 



ALTHAEA rosea. Hollyhock. The single Holly- 

 hocks are the most stately and have the strongest 

 hold on the affections. They are not generally 

 offered. Four years ago we gathered a large quan- 

 tity of seed from an old garden and now we offer 

 them in strong plants, at a low price and in quan- 



