WHAT TO PLANT month 



coIjOB height 



Aquilegia. See Columbine. 



White ** AnABia alpina: Rock Cress. A rock plant; forms April-May 

 a mat. Better use it in separate spring garden. Sun 

 or semisbade. Prop, by seed, preferably by cuttings 

 or division. Rapid spreader. Twelve small plants to 

 make a clump or mat 1 foot square. 



Blue Aster Novw Anglice: New England Aster, Mich- Aug.-Sept. 

 ^j*f aelmas Daisy, or Starwort. Choose varieties bloom- 

 Purple ing late August to September and 4 feet and over. 

 Use plenty of White Queen and richest shades of blue, 

 purple, and pink. Among the best are Novae Anglice, 

 purple; Mrs. F. W. Raynor, purple; Novce Angliae rosoe, 

 also rubra; William Bowman, rose; Lil Fardell, rose. 

 In ordering from a nursery, one plant is so small that 

 six at least should be ordered to make one clump, 

 planted about 3 inches apart. Thrives in any soil; 

 spreads rapidly by root. Needs staking early. Prop, 

 by seed or division. 



Bachelor's-Button. See Ranunculus. 



Bellflower, Japanese. See Platycodon. 



Blanket-Flower. See Gaillardia. 



Bluebells. See Mertensia. 



White Campanxtla medium, also C. calycanthema : Canter- June 15 

 Pi^ bury Bell. Biennial. Single and double. Thrives in ^~^^^- 

 rich soil. Var. calycanthema is cup-and-saucer type. 



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