PLANTING LIST 



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or Mountain Pink : A very low-growing, spreading plant, bearing 

 white flowers in May. It is useful in the rock garden, and, like the 

 other phloxes, likes moist soil. 



Pie-plant, see Rhubarb. 



Pinks : These are both annuals and perennials ; for the biennial 

 form, see Sweet William. All are very easy to grow from seed, 

 though the very double 

 forms, not commonly grown 

 in gardens, are best raised 

 from cuttings. Pinks vary 

 considerably in size, and 

 even in color ; some of them 

 are most deliciously scented. 

 All of them like rich and 

 well-drained soil, and are 

 hardy. 



The annual pinks (they 

 are really hardy biennials 

 treated as annuals) fall into 

 the classes of China Pinks, 

 Heddewigii (Japanese), 

 Double Imperial, and Car- 

 nation (best grown in the 

 Marguerite varieties). Ac- 

 cording to variety they are 

 single or double, taller or 

 shorter, but they are worth 

 growing in any garden, and are pretty sure to yield well. Sow 

 them among the earliest seedings, under glass in March or April, 

 outdoors in late April. They should stand in the garden six inches 

 or more apart. Once they have begun to flower, which some of 

 them do very soon, do not allow them to go to seed. The Margue- 

 rite carnations will flower till heavy frosts, and under a light mulch 

 will often live over winter, flowering the second year. 



The perennial or Sweet May pinks come in several varieties, 



Fig. 201. — China pinks. 



