GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
PERENNIALS FOR A WHOLE SEASON’S 
BLOOM 
Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata) ; white, rose, 
lavender; bloom April and May. 
Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis) ; white; 
May, June. 
Bleeding Heart (Dicenira spectabilis); rose 
pink; April through June. 
Iris (Fleur-de-lis) ; white, purple, yellow; April 
to July. 
Peony (Paeonia officinalis) ; white, rose to erim- 
son; May, June. 
Larkspur (Delphinium); blues; June, July, 
September. 
Balloon Flower (Platycodon); blue, purple, 
white; July to October. 
Phlox, Hardy (Phlox paniculata) ; no blue nor 
real yellow; June through September. 
Golden Glow (Rudbeckia laciniata); yellow; 
August. 
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata); yellow, 
red; July to October. 
Boltonia (Boltonia latisquama) ; lilac; August to 
October. 
ee (Helianthus) ; yellow; July to Octo- 
er. 
The fault that I would find with the gentleman’s 
list is that he has omitted chrysanthemums, which 
could be substituted for sunflowers to most people’s 
satisfaction,—and which also would bloom as late 
as November. Also I should prefer columbine to 
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