228 THE COMPLETE GARDEN 



Sidalcea Candida Solidago canadensis 



Sidalcea Goldenrod 



Smilacina racemosa Thalictrum aquilegifolium 



False Spikenard Meadow-rue 



Tradescantia (in variety) 

 Spiderwort 



b. Low types: 



Aspidium marginale Phlox ovata 



Margined Fern Mountain Phlox 



Asperula kexaphylla Phlox stolonifera 



Woodruff Creeping Phlox 



Claytonia virginica Phlox subulata 



Spring Beauty Moss Pink 



Convallaria majalis Polemonium reptans 



Lily-of-the-valley Greek Valerian 



Hfpatica triloba Polygonatum multiflorum 



Hepatica Solomon's Seal 



Heuchera sanguined Primula (in variety) 



Coral-bell Primrose 



Iris cristata Sanguinaria canadensis 



Crested Iris Blood root 



Lamium maculatum Saponaria ocymsides 



Dead Nettle Rock Soapwort 



Mitchella repens Trillium grandiflorum 



Partridge Berry Large-flowered Wake Robin 



Myosotis palustris Tunica saxifraga 



Forget-me-not Saxifrage-like Tunica 



Oenothera biennis Viola canadensis 



Evening Primrose Canadian Violet 



Phlox divaricata Viola canina 



Wild Sweet William Dog-tooth Violet 



D. PERENNIALS FOR LONG FLOWERING PERIOD. Not only are peren- 

 nials selected because of the colours of the flowers and other character- 

 istics such as good blooming combinations, perpetual bloom, and good 

 flowers, as shown in the following groups, but many times certain 

 types are selected because of their long blooming period. Such plants 

 as the yellow marguerite, the Shasta daisy, the blanket flower, and 

 certain hardy phloxes, are very valuable in the garden because they 

 produce flowers over a long blooming period, extending in instances for 

 three or four weeks. Some of these plants require cutting back, like 

 the larkspurs and nettle-leaved mulleins, thus causing them to pro- 

 duce a second crop of bloom. They are all useful to insure a bridging 

 of the gaps between the flowering period of other sorts or to plant in 

 those places where only one, or at most a few sorts, can be used. The 



