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plants may be depended upon to make a flower display. 

 When once planted, they appear year after year and flower 

 abundantly. Their ability to thrive with little care makes 

 them a desirable class of plants for the home grounds. 

 For any soil or any location there is to be found some 

 perennial adapted to the conditions. 



Perennials are especially suitable for border planting, 

 and when placed in front of shrubbery masses, they are 

 very effective. They may be used along garden walks, 

 walls, fences, against buildings, and in other places about 

 the home grounds. Many of the perennials can be grown 

 from seed. 



Of the old-time favorites there are the foxglove, holly- 

 hock, Sweet William, and phlox. Then there are the 

 columbine, blanket-flower, coreopsis, peony; and poppy, 

 all favorites for their flowering effects. For planting 

 about ponds or upon deep, moist soil there are the iris, 

 forget-me-not, lily-of-the-valley, bee balm, trillium, car- 

 dinal flower, and the ornamental grasses ; and for late sum- 

 mer and fall effects we have the hardy chrysanthemum, 

 golden glow, and aster enriching the landscape with their 

 brightness of color. 



Annuals. Annuals are essential for producing the best 

 and most continuous display of flowers during the summer 

 months. They are also especially valuable in producing 

 quick effects. When planted in the foreground of shrubs 

 or among perennials, they produce a pleasing effect. In 

 the free and natural style of landscape gardening they 

 should be planted along the borders of other plantings, and 

 when so arranged enhance the beauty of the entire design. 



Annuals are very easy to grow. Almost all of them 

 may be grown successfully by sowing the seeds directly in 



