PERENNIALS AND BIENNIALS 



The flowers are mainly red and white, though 

 varieties in light rose, and also a darker rose, 

 have lately been introduced. The seeds are 

 easily gathered, and from them new plants may 

 be raised without trouble. It blooms from July 

 1st to September loth. 



The severe winters of the mountain regions of 

 Maine make it difficult to find perennial vines 

 which will stand the cold. Besides Lathyrus 

 latifolius, which dies to the roots at the first frost, 

 I know of but one vine able to live over win- 

 ter in this region, that being Ampelopsis quinque- 

 folia, Virginia Creeper, or American Wood- 

 bine. It is a rapid grower, and easily increased 

 by partially burying the prunings in the earth. 

 I cover two or three buds, and permit a bud to 

 emerge from the ground at either end. They 

 will quickly root in this position, and the follow- 

 ing year you will have from them good strong 

 vines. 



Some species of Iris do well here. /. prisma- 

 tica, or /. Virginica, the native American Iris, 

 fills the low swampy lands of the region, and in 

 June an acre or more may be seen thickly cov- 

 ered with the nodding blue blossoms. It may 

 do to fill waste spots, but it is not worthy of 



