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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1913 



FLOWER 



hundred bulbs. They combine well with the Gladiolas; also 

 with Nicotianas and Salvias, and add just the fragrance 

 needed in a garden of bulbs and Annuals. 



Of Annuals there will always be a liberal choice of Asters, 

 Pansies and Salvias, so that we need not consider them here, 

 but there are a few other sorts less commonly seen which 

 should not be overlooked. Among these may be mentioned 

 the Scabios, the ten-weeks' stock; Anterhinums, the new 

 bi-color sorts; the dwarf Morning Glories, for edgings; 

 Candytuft and the dwarf Phlox Drumondi, the Ageratums, 

 Browallias and the dwarf 

 Zenias, all of which mass 

 admirably. Annual Lark- 

 spurs, Gaillardias and 

 Petunias will complete a 

 roster of annual flowers 

 which will make the garden 

 gay from June until frost. 



THE GARDEN OF THE SUM- 

 MER ABSENTEE 



May best be expressed in 

 Spring-blooming bulbs and 

 shrubs, and the latest of the 

 Fall flowers so that the gar- 

 den bloom may speed the 

 parting and welcome the re- 

 turning Chatelaine. If one 

 is to be absent all Summer on 

 business or pleasure and the 

 garden lie neglected in the 

 interval, then those perman- 

 ent forms of bulb life requir- 

 ing least attention should be 

 planted. Tulips, Hyacinths, 

 Crocus which should star the 

 grass of the lawn and border 

 beds of other bulbs; all the 

 many varieties of Narcissus, 

 Daffodils and Jonquils 

 should be colonized in beds; 

 as borders to beds of Per- 

 ennials and in the grass of 

 the lawn, but it will not be 

 worth while to plant freely 

 of Lilies which will bloom 

 when the owner is far away. 

 Early flowering shrubs like 

 the Spireas, Deutzias, Lilac, 

 Syringea, Weigelia, Snowball 

 and the like are good invest- 

 ments which will increase in 

 beauty year by year. 



But the flowers which will 

 welcome one on their return 

 in the Fall, are the hardy 

 Chrysanthemums, the Anem- 

 ones — the most beautiful of 



PLANTING TABLE OF ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS 



ANNUALS 



May-June 

 Jun-Oct 

 Jul-Sep 



July 

 Jun-Sep 

 Jun-Oct 



Aug 

 Tun-July 

 Jun-Sep 



Aug 

 Aug-Oct 

 Jun-Sep 

 Jun-Oct 

 Jun-Aug 



June 

 Aug-Sep 

 Jul-Sep 



May 

 Jul-Aug 

 Jul-Aug 

 July-Oct 



July 

 July-Oct 

 July-Oct 

 May-Tul 



July 

 Jun-Sep 

 Jun-Jul 

 Jun-Sep 

 Jul-Sep 

 Aug Oct 

 Jul-Oct 

 Jul-Aug 

 Aug-Sep 

 Jul-Aug 

 Jul-Oct 

 Jul-Aug 

 May-Jun 

 Jul-Sep 

 lul-Aug 

 Jul-Oct 

 Jun-Aug 

 Jul-Aug 

 Jun-Tuly 

 May-Sep 

 Jun-Oct 

 Jul-Oct 



-Adonis 



Ageratum 



Aster 



Bachelor's Button .... 

 Balsam (Lady's Slipper) 



Calendula 



California Poppy 



Campanula (Bellflower) 



Candytuft 



Castor Bean 



Chrysanthemum , 



Clarkia 



Cockscomb 



Coreopsis 



Cornflower 



Cosmos 



Dahlia 



Daisy 



Kvening Primrose .... 



Four-o'clock 



( iaillardia 



Globe Amaranth 



Godetia 



Gourds 



Iris 



l.avatera 



Lobelia 



Love-Lies-Bleeding . . . 



Love-in-a-Mist 



Mallow 



Marigold 



Mignonette 



Monkshood 



Moonfiower 



Morning Glory 



Nasturtium 



Nicotiana 



Peony 



Petunia 



Poppy 



Portulaea 



Salpiglossis 



Schizanthus 



Stock 



Sweet Alyssum 



Sweet Pea 



Zinnia 



PLANTS 

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SEEDS 

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PERENNIALS 



Tun- July 



July 

 Aug-Oct 



May-Aug 



Jul-Aug 



Apr-Jul 



June 



July 



Aug-Sep 



Aug 



Jun-Sep 



Jun-Jul 



Tune 



May-Oct 



Jul-Oct 



August 



Apr-May 



Aug-Oct 

 Aug-Sep 



Aug-Oct 



Jun-Aug 



Jun-Aug 



Jul-Aug 

 August 

 Tul-Aug 



Jun-Aug 

 August 

 March 



Jul-Aug 



(Columbine) 



Aquilegia 

 Achillea 



Anemone 



Bleeding H'rt ( Dicentra 



Coral Bell 



Forget- Me-Not 



Foxglove 



Heliopsis 



Helianthus 



Hollyhock 



Iceland Poppy 



Larkspur 



Lupine 



Pansy 



Phlox 



Pink 



Primrose 



Pyrethrum 



Rudbeckia 



Salvia 



Scabiosa 



Silene 



Snapdragon 



Sunflower 



Sweet William 



Verbena 



Veronica 



Violet 



Wallflower 



all our Fall flowers, espe- 

 cially in the white forms. Plant along the north side of 

 the path to the barn or garage, a broad belt of the golden 

 and crimson and white Chrysanthemums, and on the south 

 side of the path a wide swath of mixed Anemones and the 

 walls will be a joy until long after sharp frosts have cut 

 the rest of the garden treasures; indeed one may look for 

 the golden heads of the Chrysanthemums poking themselves 

 cheerfully through the first snows of the season, seeming 

 refreshed by their bath. If Salvias and Nicotianas and 

 Petunias are planted in early Spring so that they may 

 become established before leaving and then given a heavy 

 mulch of lawn clippings they will be found a mass of bloom 



in late September. And in sheltered spots the purple and 

 lavender bells of the Cobaea Scandens and the scarlet globes 

 of other flowers will still be in evidence. 



THE HARDY PERENNIAL GARDEN 



But it is to the hardy Perennial garden that the heart of 

 the true flower lover turns with covetousness and pride. 

 Here the pageant of the flowers is a continuous procession 

 from early Spring until late Fall. Always there is some 

 thing to interest and look forward to. Each year sees an 

 increase in the number and size of individual clumps and it 



is rarely that there is any 

 loss which is more than 

 offset by splendid gains. I 

 might easily give an ex- 

 haustive list of the most 

 desirable shrubs and Per- 

 ennials to plant, but I think 

 that the greatest charm of a 

 hardy garden lies in planting 

 just those things which most 

 appeal to one. For instance, 

 if one has a penchant for 

 Peonies, then one will take 

 delight in collecting the 

 rarest and best of these 

 gorgeous flowers and the 

 best are gorgeous indeed. 

 So possessed am I with their 

 beauty, that during the 

 season of their blooming 

 when I can't stay out with 

 them, I gather bouquets of 

 them, and carry them around 

 with me from place to place. 

 Lilies are another form of 

 hardy Perennials which 

 appeal to me, especially all 

 forms of white. Perhaps no 

 one variety quite so pleases 

 me as the stately Auratums. 

 Of these I planted over sixty 

 bulbs last Fall and as they 

 were magnificent bulbs — all 

 two and some three-stalked 

 ones — I am expecting a not- 

 able showing. These were 

 planted among the Peonies 

 and shrubbery as they should 

 have been. Planted deep 

 and well mulched with rotted 

 manure and this again with 

 leaves. Auratums are one 

 of the few Lilies which may 

 be successfully planted in 

 Spring and as they do not 

 bloom until June will give 

 good results. Foxgloves are 

 another Perennial which I 

 much affect and a big planting last year among the German 

 Iris promise great results a few months hence. Shasta 

 Daisies are a good investment, and the new Alaska gives a 

 sheet of bloom all through July with an aftermath in late Fall. 

 Speaking of Lilies, some varieties of which every gar- 

 den should have, there is the little Anthericum, not a 

 true Lily, but resembling a miniature Candidum, which is 

 so dainty and lovely that it should not be overlooked in 

 any planting of Perennials. It takes three or four years to 

 become well established, but once this is a fact it increases 

 in beauty from year to year, and is a reliable and persistent 

 Perennial. 



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