FAVORITE PERENNIALS 



the low, moist meadows into the garden border. 

 The plants are suggestive of moss, and their pretty 

 blue flowers with bright yellow eyes open in such 

 unstinted quantities that they fairly color the earth. 

 Quaker ladies seldom grow over four inches high, 

 and are, therefore, very useful in edging beds where 

 color is desired in the very early season, and which 

 can afford to do without it later. The soft mosslike 

 foliage of the bluets becomes unobtrusive after the 

 flowers have passed, and looks merely as if the grass 

 had raised itself a bit to surround the planting line. 



The creeping forget-me-not is another small blue 

 flower that should be included in the planting of the 

 garden. It will live and do well for years if placed in 

 a suitable situation. It likes not only moisture, but 

 water, and I have seen it growing luxuriantly among 

 Japanese irises, the roots of which sank deeply in mud. 



The bloodroot, Sanguinaria Canadensis, comes into 

 prominence in early spring, and is almost a dream flower 

 in loveliness of outline and color. It is as purely 

 white as the snow and appears regal with its center of 

 gold. The protection that the leaves afford the tender 

 buds, and their own grace, make the plants interesting 

 garden features. But the duration of the bloom of 

 the bloodroot is very short; and for this reason much 

 space should not be allotted to it in places where sus- 

 tained color is desired. Under trees, as a ground cover 

 among shrubbery, and especially through stretches 

 of wild planting, it is very desirable. 



The rock cress, Arabis alpina, is most charming to 

 use among rockeries or in the borders of beds. It 



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