PERENNIALS AND BIENNIALS 



ent directions to a considerable distance. This 

 flower comes from the Pacific coast of North 

 America, and is naturally acquisitive and impe- 

 rialistic in its tendencies. 



Bellis perennis, the English Daisy, may not be 

 worth much for table decoration, but it is most 

 interesting to look at on the edges of the terrace. 

 Its colors range from white, red, and pink to 

 crimson, both flat-petalled and quilled, single 

 and double. They are easily raised from seed 

 and are perfectly hardy, blooming from June 

 20th to frost. They are attractive in masses and 

 equally so as a carpet about taller plants, such as 

 Coreopsis, and are charming mingled with For- 

 get-me-Nots. I sowed the seed broadcast over a 

 bit of lawn on one occasion, and many plants 

 appeared the following spring, sending their 

 bright blossoms three or four inches above the 

 ground. But one day along came the lawn- 

 mower, and every flower was laid low. Warned 

 but not deterred by this, the next time they 

 blossomed the stems were scarce half an inch 

 long, holding the flowers close to the earth, and 

 below the range of the lawn-mower's knife. I 

 was interested in this, and therefore took up a few 

 of these plants and removed them to a corner free 



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