CHAPTER VII 



HAEDY PERENNIALS 



No class of plants is better adapted for the 

 ornamentation of city yards than the hardy 

 herbaceous perennials. Once established, they 

 require comparatively little care and, provided 

 they are properly planted, they will thrive from 

 year to year, multiply and at the end of three 

 or four seasons, reward the planter with dozens 

 if not scores of new plants with which to adorn 

 additional space. Unlike annuals, they survive 

 the winters, oftentimes with no protection 

 whatever, and may be planted either in the 

 spring or autumn, may be obtained as young 

 plants or may be raised from seed. 



CLASSIFICATION OF PERENNIALS 



While it is hardly possible to give a clear 

 definition of the herbaceous perennial and to 

 distinguish between this and the biennial and 

 annual, still it is understood that the herba- 

 ceous perennial is a plant provided with per- 



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