HARDY PERENNIALS 
Anemone: The anemones or windflowers are always interest- 
ing. The best species for garden planting is the late Japanese 
anemone. 
Asters: The native American asters are splendid hardy plants 
when properly placed and cared for. The New England aster is a 
great favorite, but at least a dozen different species are worth plant- 
ing. 
Columbine (Aquilegia): Dainty flowers, native, imported and 
hybrid, mostly suitable for well-kept gardens. 
Coreopsis: Hardy species with bright yellow flowers for garden 
planting. 
Day Lily (Hemerocallis): This group contains a number of 
species and varieties some of them much better than others. The 
lemon lily (A. flava) is popular and attractive. Florham is a larger 
and finer variety. Some of the dwarf early orange flowering species 
such as Middendorfii are also good. 
The popular name day lily is also applied to the Hostas or 
Funkias, of which there are some good sorts especially H. cerulea and 
H. grandiflora alba. 
The evening primrose (Oenothera) group contains several fine 
showy yellow flowering varieties good for the hardy border. 
Ferns: Several species of hardy ferns are excellent for land- 
scape planting. They are adapted to many different conditions 
and soils and to various landscape uses. 
Foxglove: A brilliant hardy popular plant always attractive 
in perennial borders. 
Goldenrod: This peculiarly American genus includes several 
very attractive species. Most of these can be cultivated in the 
garden to good effect or can be used in perennial borders when some 
thought is given to their proper surroundings. 
Helenium, sometimes called sneezeweed, which is not a very 
attractive name for a really good plant. These are tall lusty plants 
with showy flowers coming into bloom in the latter part of the 
summer. 
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