I5O HIGGLE GARDEN BOOK 



make and scatter seed year after year; an army of 

 weeds has overrun the path the plantain, purslane, 

 goose-grass, dandelion, joint-weed and mallow; and 

 a green goose-pond, over which are hovering yellow 

 butterflies, exhales its miasma in the sun. Once the 

 garden was beautiful, famous for its old-fashioned 

 flowers, and many were the slips the neighbors ob- 

 tained from its floral stores. The grain-fields and 

 fat pastures corresponded with the luxuriance within. 

 But the farm changed hands on the death of the 

 owner, and the new owners cared little for the 

 flowers." 



In the hope that my readers may be induced to 

 reclaim the old gardens or start new ones along the 

 old lines, I will give a condensed and partial list of 

 the plants, etc., that Harriet and I (and some of the 

 friends whom we've consulted) think should be 

 included in an old-fashioned flower border : 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS AND BULBS 



Anemone Japonica (also called Japanese anem- 

 one) : Grows two or three feet high. Blooms from 

 August until frost. Needs slight protection in win- 

 ter in extreme North. White or pink varieties may 

 be had. 



Bleeding-heart (dielytra or dicentra) : An old- 

 time favorite. Bears heart-shaped flowers in grace- 

 ful, drooping, pinkish racemes, in May-June. Fern- 

 like foliage about two feet high. 



Campanula (Canterbury bells; bellflower) : 

 There are a number of perennial varieties, but none 

 so beautiful and satisfactory as the biennial single 

 varieties called "medium" and "calycanthema." The 

 latter is the well-known cup-and-saucer kind. Both 

 come in various colors, but the whites and the pinks 



