HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ETC. 



22, 



flowers lose their brilliancy after having been open a little 

 while, and it is only the most brilliantly colored ones that 

 are satisfactory. 



FIG. 123. CUT-LEAVED P^EONIA (Paonia tennifolia). 



MOSS-PINK (P. subulata), Fig. 125. This early-bloom- 

 ing little plant produces such a wealth of flowers that it 



FIG. 125. MOSS-PINK (Phlox subulata). 



