GARDENING FOR SHORT TENANCIES 209 



used, it may be well to explain that herbaceous is a 

 term in botany meaning that a plant has a perennial 

 root and an annual top. As there are herbaceous 

 plants in all parts of the world, many not hardy with 

 us, it is simpler and at the same time mere accurate 

 to say hardy plants, or hardy perennials if we wish to 

 exclude the mention of annuals ; and I cannot repress 

 a feeling of regret when I hear people talk of " herba- 

 ceouses," when they do not mean to speak of plants 

 that are actually herbaceous, but of such as are hardy 

 and suitable for the flower border ; for these include 

 a good number, such as all the varieties of Broad- 

 leaved Saxifrage and the Sea-Lavenders, that are 

 quite hardy but not at all herbaceous. 



The camp and other garden of short tenure will 

 naturally want some good hardy border plants ; and 

 these must be chosen among those that will make a 

 good show the first season after planting. Among 

 these, three families stand out conspicuously; for in 

 light soils they require yearly transplanting, with the 

 accompanying new digging and enriching of their 

 places. They are the perennial Sunflowers, the per- 

 ennial Asters (Michaelmas Daisies), and the Phloxes. 

 The two first families especially, revel in light soil well 

 manured. The Phloxes are happier in a cool strong 

 soil, but they are so important in late summer that 

 it will be well to say how they may be grown. The 

 fact that they are all plants that increase quickly 

 (from three to four-fold in the yearly growth), points 



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