FAVORITE PERENNIALS 



favorites with many. Mr. Burbank has contributed 

 one or two hybrids. 



As is true of phloxes, the bloom of larkspurs can 

 be induced to last over its natural time by cutting 

 down the stalks as soon as the flowers are faded. 

 Others then spring up quickly to take their places. 



Perennial larkspurs are not difficult to raise from 

 seed. Often the seed which is sown in the late sum- 

 mer will produce plants ready to bloom the following 

 season. The seedlings, however, "damp off" quickly. 

 I have seen a whole row of them vanish in a night 

 merely through an excess of moisture. 



Another happy trait of delphiniums, shared also 

 by the phloxes, is that they do not require to be staked, 

 but stand ever erect, without assistance or artifice. 



Asphodels, which in the early garden lore of this 

 country were often mentioned for the lily-like beauty 

 of their white or yellow flowers and for their distinct 

 fragrance, have again come under the eye of gardeners 

 and now shine brightly in many gardens near the sea. 

 In June or July they open their flowers, held erect 

 on stems three or four feet high. By the side of a 

 stream or in a moist, woodsy corner where the soil 

 is deep and rich, Asphodelus luteus, the variety generally 

 planted, appears to distinct advantage. These plants 

 particularly grace such spots as are the true homes of 

 irises, and are ideal to plant in connection with them, 

 since the brilliant yellow of their bloom keeps the local- 

 ity from paling after the beauty of the iris is past. 



Yellow camomile, or hardy Marguerite, Anihemis 

 tinctoria, is like a large golden daisy, and remains a 



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