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one must almost wish he would n't! Freakish foliage is so difficult 

 to manage in the making of garden pictures that few, indeed, 

 ever use it aright. For lightening too-heavy masses of dark 

 foliage, or for running up the colour scale to a high accenting note, 

 however, it has too great value to the artistic gardener to be ignored. 

 After the flowering grasses and sedges have been cut for winter 

 decoration indoors, the astonishing autumn crocuses (Colchicum) 

 bloom by Thanksgiving, as if the year, before dying, had entered 

 upon a second childhood. 



THE SELECT AMONG BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS 



The flowering period given is that of New York and allowances must be made 

 north or south. 



ACONITE, WINTER (Eranthis hyemalis). Yellow; March; 6 inches. 



Flowers before the leaves, one bloom to a stem. Quite hardy. 



Give half shade in border. Earliest bright yellow flower. 

 ANEMONE (Various species of A nemone). See ANEMONE, WINDFLOWER, 



etc., pp. 96, 216, 230.) 

 BACHELOR'S BUTTON (Ranunculus Asiaticus, Centaurea and other 



flowers.) See page 57. 

 BEGONIA (Begonia tuberosa). Red, pink, white, yellow and mixed. 



All summer; 6 to 8 inches. Invaluable for summer bedding in 



shaded places. Flowers sometimes 6 inches across. The different 



strains vary greatly in form and colour. Peaty soil preferred. 



Lift tubers in fall and keep free from frost, planting in May, June. 

 BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra spectabilis*). Pink; May, June; 2 feet. 



(See HERBACEOUS PLANTS, page 218.) 

 BLOODROOT (Sanguinaria Canadensis). White, tinged pink. April; 



8 inches high. Appearing first before the leaves. Whole plant 



densely covered with white powder. Transplant late summer or 



spring. Valuable for rockery. 

 BUTTERFLY WEED (Asclepias tuberosa). Orange, rarely yellow. June, 



September. (See NATIVE PLANTS, page 89.) 

 CANNA (Canna Indica hybrids). Red, pinkish, pale yellow, and nearly 



white. July; 2 to 6 feet. August till frost. Flowers in branching 



spikes, above large sheathing leaves. The most tropical looking 



