CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



Irises — German. Eupatorium coelestinum. 



Irises — Japan. Veronica, long subsess. 



Lemon Lily — ^Hemerocallis. Sedum spectabile. 



Ranunculus acris fl. pi. Dictamnus — Gas Plant, non- 

 Phlox — late. spreader. 



Phlox — Miss Lingard. Asters — Tall late August. 



Peonies. 



Under congenial conditions — ^sunshine, rich soil, and 

 watering — all plants named, when sown in April and 

 May, will give satisfaction the following year, except- 

 ing those where otherwise noted. Sow them in spring, 

 rather than in summer, whenever possible. If they 

 must be sown in summer keep the seedlings moist, 

 also shaded for at least half the day until mid- 

 September. 



Instead of requiring it to live through two years. 

 Sweet William is so easily grown that it is best to give 

 it the same treatment as the Campanula medium, i. e., 

 same date of sowing. May 1, in nursery, and discard 

 it after its first bloom, using its space after bloom for 

 later annuals. 



Of the plants named above, Dictamnus is the 

 slowest growing and, therefore, the one variety above 

 all others to be purchased first, in as large plants as 

 possible, and planted as soon as possible in a per- 

 manent place. It must be established several years 

 before its bloom is satisfactory; it is better therefore 

 never to disturb it. 



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