PLANTING 



Perennials, as is well known, are among the happy 

 plants that can be moved at almost any time of the 

 year. Still, there are a few that seem to nourish 

 better if set in the ground when things are bud- 

 ding. Lavender, hollyhocks, chrysanthemums, blanket 

 flowers, dahlias, red-hot poker plants, and anemones 

 are emphatically among the number. The anemones 

 which blossom late in the autumn should naturally 

 be planted in the spring; those for spring bloom, 

 however, should be planted in the autumn. 



Red-hot poker plants do not always winter well 

 in places where the climate is severe, and therefore 

 assurance of at least one year of bloom is obtained by 

 planting them in the spring. If it is then feared that 

 they cannot withstand the winter, their roots should 

 be taken up and stored in a cellar until the return of 

 their planting time. 



The advantage of these plants is that they hold 

 their bloom until late in the autumn, often producing 

 in somber places vivid patches of salmon red and 

 yellow, suggesting a flame. There is a wide diversity 

 of opinion concerning their charm. In some seaside 

 gardens, I have seen them producing beautiful effects 

 when grouped with grasses. In other places, I have 

 liked them not at all. There is a strange look about 

 their bloom, detaching them from their neighbors. 



Blanket flowers, Gaillardias, should have a place in 

 every garden, since they are not only decorative in the 

 open, but hold this attribute in a marked degree when 

 taken into the house as cut flowers. 



Among the dahlias, half-hardy perennials, there 



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