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Gaillardia. a vase full of long-stemmed Gaillardias in your 

 display cooler will help make all the other flowers look better. 

 The plants are constant bloomers, fine keepers, attractive singly 

 or when massed, equally good during the dryest Summer or a wet 

 Fall, and enable you to cut flowers until the snow flies. (See page 376.) 



Hardy Asters (Michaelmas Daisy). With their masses of 

 delicately tinted Daisy-shaped flowers of fight lavender, mauve, 

 and heUotrope, borne on good stems, these hardy Asters are not 

 only splendid for the hardy border, but equally good for cutting, 

 whether you want to use them to go with other flowers or in vases 

 by themselves. (See page 268.) 



Hardy Pinks. This list would hardly be complete without 

 mentioning these charming little border plants. As far as the 

 flowers are concerned, they wiU pay best in the admiration and 

 enjoyment you yourself get. As for the plants, don't ever let a 

 patron go away saying "He talks about hardy plants but doesn't 

 carry even a border Pink." (See page 351.) 



Helianthus (Hardy Sunflower). Among the Helianthus are 

 varieties which wfll flower during October and grow into 6- or 7-ft. 

 plants. The fact that they are also good decorative cut flowers 

 makes them desirable perennials. (See page 393.) 



Hollyhocks. The cut flowers of Hollyhocks have but fittle 

 value to us, but the plants when in bloom make a grand display. 

 They help advertise your business if planted in the right spot and, 

 as with the Poppies, quite a number of your patrons wiU caU on you 

 for plants for their gardens. (See 

 page 249.) 



Iceland Poppy (Papaver 

 nudicaule). The Icela id Poppies 

 are well named and deserve more 

 attention at the hands of the flor- 

 ist. Grown from seed sown in- 

 doors in February, they wiU flower 

 aU through the first Summer; the 

 foUowing Spring they wiU be the 

 first to bloom of all of the per- 

 ennials you cut flowers from. (See 

 page 461.) 



Iris. Whfle near the top of 



the fist as a perennial for the hardy 



border and outdoor planting in 



general, the Iris isn't nearly as 



important as any of the forego- Fig. 76.— Another Perennial Prod- 



iniT- vpt nf rniir<5P if dp<!prvps a UCT. The center of the heart is of 

 mg, yet ol course it aeserves a ^^^^^ ^^ g^^^^ Wmiam, and the 



prominent place in every assort- border of Feverfew. Ferns and Gypso- 



ment. (See page 410.) phila paniculata give lightness 



