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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1912 







Perennial 



s Everybody Can Grow 



From Seeds 







DEPTH 



DISTANCE 











COMMON NAME 



TO SOW 



TO TRANS- 



HEIGHT OF 



COLOR OF 



BLOOMING 



ESPECIALLY ADAPTED 





(inch) 



PLANT 



SEEDLINGS 



PLANTS 



FLOWERS 



SEASON 



FOR 



Achillea , ; . - 



1 



8 



i ft. 



2 ft. 



White 



June to Aug. 



Borders, cutflowers 



ColiimbineV v * 



1 

 8 



i ft. 



2^ to 3 ft. 



White, blue, 

 yellow and 

 bi colors 



June to Aug. 



Beds, cutting 



Coreopsis 



J 



6 in. 



I tO 2 ft. 



Yellow 



May to frost 



Cutflowers 



Larkspur 



1 



8 



2 ft. 



2 tO S ft. 



All shades of 

 blue 

 Reddish-brown 



June to Sept. 



Backgrounds 



Blanket flower 



i 



i ft. 



2 ft. 



June to frost 



Cutflowers 



Baby's breath 



1 



8 



i ft. 



I§ tO 2 ft. 



White 



July to Aug. 



Basis for bouquets 



Hollyhock 



1 



2 ft. 



4 to 7 ft. 



All colors 



July to frost 



Backgrounds 



Campion 



i 



I ft. 



3 ft. 



Orange, scar- 

 let 

 Pink, white, 



June to Sept. 



Border plant 



Pinks 



1 



6 in. 



I to I j ft. 



May to July 



Edging and borders 











crimson and 















red 







Poppies 



8 



6 in. 



2 ft. 



All colors 



Orientals — 

 June, July 



Icelands — 

 June, Oct. 



Borders and edgings 



Stokesia 



4 



i ft. 



1S-20 in. 



White and 

 light laven- 

 der 



July to Oct. 



Cut flowers 



Sweet William 



1 



4 



i ft. 



ij to 2 ft. 



All shades of 

 red, white 

 and varie- 

 gated 



June to Aug. 



Beds and borders. 

 Good cut flowers 



when they should be cut off promptly, for 

 they are anything but pretty after their 

 mission is fulfilled. As the second year's 

 growth produces the finest flowers it pays 

 to see that a succession of plants will 

 always furnish the finest. 



Campion (Lychnis) is the most brilliant 

 border plant I know. Its stiff, upright 

 habit of growth and vivid orange-scarlet 

 flowers made it conspicuous everywhere. 

 Of easiest growth, unsurpassed hardiness, 

 long duration of bloom and absolute de- 

 pendability in all seasons on all soils, it 

 stands in a class by itself. L. Chalcedonica 

 or Burning Star is highly valued as a cut 

 flower while L. Haageana and L. Viscaria 

 are esteemed in connection with rockwork 

 or in front of the hardy border, growing 

 only a foot tall. 



Pinks (Dianthus) are the ideal border 



plants in this collection. The compact, 

 glaucous-blue foliage adapts the plants 

 perfectly for neat edges and borders around 

 beds, while from May until the end of 

 June, beautiful fragrant pinks, ij inches in 

 diameter, transform the plants into a mass 

 of color. While pinks thrive well in any 

 good garden soil, they are very partial to 

 sunny locations and no more brilliant 

 object can be imagined than a solid bed of 

 these little fragrant beauties out in the 

 sunlight. Pinks appreciate liberal culture 

 and should be transplanted every other 

 year for best results. 



Poppies, during their season, are the most 

 brilliant object in the herbaceous border. 

 The Oriental poppies thrive well even in 

 partially shaded locations, while the Ice- 

 land poppies prefer sunny spots. This is 

 the one perennial in this collection, requir- 



ing special care in transplanting. Be sure 

 that the long, slender taproots of the seed- 

 lings are placed again in a natural position 

 when they are transplanted into their 

 permanent places. A long, pointed stick 

 or a pencil for that matter, should be used 

 to make the holes which are to receive the 

 roots. Press the soil firmly in contact with 

 them and shade the young plants for 

 a day or two. Papaver orientate is as 

 hardy as a peony, while Papaver nu- 

 dicaule, the Iceland poppy, appreciates a 

 thin cover of coarse manure during the 

 winter months. 



Cornflower Aster (Stokesia cyanea) 

 bears light lavender-blue single flowers aver- 

 aging four inches in diameter. With a long 

 blooming season, Stokesias combine long 

 lasting qualities after being cut. They 

 thrive well in any soil, but care should be 

 taken that the spot where they are to grow 

 is well-drained. The most severe cold 

 will not injure them, but as soon as ice 

 and water stand on them for ever so short 

 a time they are doomed. A gently sloping 

 situation is ideal for them and, after they 

 once become firmly established, they are 

 among the most faithful of all easily grown 

 perennials. 



Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) I am 

 tempted to call the ideal hardy perennial 

 for all. Grown as single specimen clumps 

 or in beds, in long rows or as a border, it 

 makes a bigger show in a shorter time than 

 any other perennial of its size. When well 

 grown, plants average a foot across and 

 nearly two feet tall. The newer sorts 

 bear flower umbels of surprising size and 

 brilliancy. For cutting it is unsurpassed 

 and its lasting qualities in water are rivaled 

 by no other flower in this collection. As 

 easily grown as nasturtiums, as hardy as 

 an oak, with a delightful color assortment 

 and a delicate clove fragrance, sweet 

 William is the one perennial that every- 

 one can and should grow in liberal masses 

 in his garden. 



The blanket flower (Gaillardia) gives its red-brown The fragile looking columbines are really as hardy The larkspurs are the best blue-flowered perennials, 

 flowers, from June till frost as oaks. June to August Excellent in background 



