HARDY PERENNIALS 



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A Selection of Fifty of the Best Hardy Perennials. 



Delphinium Belladonna 



Madonna Lily 



Lilium testaceum 



Paeony (the Bride) 



Aquilegia coerulea 



Anchusa italica (Dropmore 



variety) 

 Campanula persicifolia, var. 



Grandiflora 

 Platycodon grandifiorum, var. 



Mariesii 



Oenothera macrocarpa 

 Centaurea montana 

 Nepeta mussimi 

 Armeria cephalotes rubra 

 Polemonium reptans 

 Erigeron speciosus 

 Oriental Poppy (Goliath) 

 Gypsophylla paniculata 

 Thalictrum aquilegifolium 

 Geranium ibericum platypet- 



allum 



Potentilla nepalensis 

 Coreopsis lanceolata 

 Galega officinalis 

 Tradescantia virginica 

 Trollius asiaticus 



Statice latifolia 



Pentstemon barbata, var. Torreyi 



Hollyhocks 



Anemone japonica 



Iris pallida Dalmatica (Princess 



Beatrice) 

 Viola (Florizel) 

 Pink (albino) 

 Phlox (Coquelicot) 

 Michaelmas Daisy (Aster acris) 

 Funkia Sieboldii 

 Haemerocallis Thunbergii 

 Kniphofia caulescens 

 Veronica amethystina 

 Linum perenne 

 Yucca filamentosa 

 Scabiosa caucasica 

 Spiraea Aruncus 

 Epilobium angustifolium 

 Sidalcea Listeri 

 Malva moschata alba 

 Hypericum moserianum 

 Erodium manescavi 

 Saxifraga lasiophylla 

 Tiarella cordifolia 

 Incarvillea Delavayi 



After perennials have been established a few years they are 

 generally benefited by being transplanted, and advantage should 

 be taken of this at the time to obtain an increased number of 

 plants by division of the roots or root-stock. 



BULBS 



Except for window boxes, bulbs are not very suitable for the 

 school garden, for the reason that, in the first place, they are, com- 

 pared with seeds, rather expensive ; and in the second place, if 

 left in the soil through the summer, in order that the bulbs may 

 mature for next year, the masses of decayed leaves give a rather 

 untidy appearance to the garden. As a rule they should only 



