224 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



nature should have no trouble in planning a pleasing setting in this 

 style of gardening and improving as he goes along. That holds good 

 in all landscape work. 



Hardy Plants for the Rockery 



In the following short list of hardy stock suitable for rock 

 gardening I have included varieties with which the average florist 

 is most famihar, rather than a lot of stock which, perhaps, would 

 be more important in carrying out a planting consisting solely of 

 materials that are naturally found only in mountainous regions or in 

 the crevices of rocks. While remarkable effects may be gained 

 with such material, especially when carried out on a large scale, 

 your patrons who either take care of their grounds themselves, or 

 who put them in charge of inexperienced help, are not apt to be 

 very successful with such plantings. Furthermore, we have to con- 

 sider the hardiness of the plants themselves. So I have tried to 

 make up a list of such as are best known and not only used for this 

 purpose alone, but often found in the hardy border as well. 



Aquilegia Lathyrus latifolius Primula polyanthus 



Ahabis alpina Lupinus Ranunculus achis fl.'pl. 



Aster (dwarf sorts) Heuchera sanguinba Sbdum acre 



Bblus pbrennis Heuanthemum Sedum spectabile 



Campanula garpatica Lychnis Sedum atrosanguineum 



Cbhastium tomentosum Mertensia Shasta Daisy 



DiANTHUs (hardy Pinks) Myosotis Stokesia cyanba 



FuNKiA Papavbr nudicaule (Ice- Thauctrum dipterocar- 



Gbum atrosanguineum land Poppy) pum 



Lily of the Valley Platycodon Vinca minor 

 Phlox subulata 



Most of the above are described elsewhere. With the exception 

 of two or three, all of them will do for sunny positions, yet they can 

 be successfully grown even in partial shade. In cases where a part 

 of the garden is exposed to too much shade, one might consider 

 gradually running it into hardy ferns and using Spring-flowering 

 bulb stock such as Tulips, Narcissus, Scilla, Crocus, Snowdrops and 

 Iris, and such plants as Aquilegias, Mertensias, Iceland Poppies, 

 Funkia undulata, media picta and other early flowering perennials 

 in connection with the ferns, and perhaps Vinca minor for a ground 

 cover. 



DESIRABLE HYBRID TEA ROSES FOR OUTDOOR 

 FLOWERING 



The average retail grower hasn't use for a great assortment of 

 Roses in supplying his patrons with stock for planting out. A half 

 dozen good sorts are often better to carry than twenty-five doubtful 

 ones, yet there are times when more of an assortment is wanted. 



In such a case a hst made up by the florist or the Rose specialist 

 isn't of as great value as one selected from varieties which have 



