TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
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Fic. 126. Prony Festiva Maxima 
Hollyhocks: Old garden favorites, a little difficult to grow but 
worth the trouble. 
Iris: This group includes thousands of varieties of many 
different groups. The most important are the German iris, Japanese 
iris, Siberian iris. These are splendid garden plants which may be 
planted almost anywhere and should be freely used. 
Larkspur: Always desirable on account of their pure and 
beautiful colors, mostly various shades of blue. These are par- 
ticularly suitable for borders of hardy perennials. 
Lily: The old-fashioned tiger lily is the hardiest and safest 
of this group and has various uses in the garden. Several other 
species grow well in the herbaceous border especially L. elegans and 
its varieties. Other species do better planted under shrubbery. 
In this list may be included L. speciosum, L. candidum, L. auratum, 
L. henryi. es 
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