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than the class in general are the follow- 
ing interesting species: Monkshoods, 
Aremones, Primroses, Violets, Saxa- 
frage, Funkia, Bleeding-heart, Lily-of- 
the-Valley, Day Lilies, Hepatica, Vin- 
ca and others that will be found in the 
table appended to this article. 
Of the Perennials of low growth are 
to be mentioned Arabis, Aubrietia, 
Hepatica, Bellis Perennis and Myo- 
sotis, in connection with which it is 
worth noting that the earliest Per- 
ennials do not, as a rule, attain as 
great a height as those which bloom 
after June. None of the species just 
mentioned attain a height of more 
than six or eight inches. In arranging 
a border or a bed of hardy herbacious 
plants the table appended should 
prove useful inasmuch as the garden- 
maker can there see at a glance the 
various heights to which the Peren- 
nials listed attain and place, can, there- 
fore, place them in the garden with reference to the taller 
species forming a background for those of lower growth. 
When arranging the permanent garden succession of 
bloom must also be taken into consideration. In those 
states where Spring brings forth growing things at an early 
date one may look for Adonis, Columbine, Arabis, He- 
patica and Trillium to blossom; in May for other varieties 
cf Aquilegia, for Anemones, Bellis Perennis, Iris, Prim- 
rose, Campanula, etc.; in June for Iris, Lychnis, Pop- 
pies, Scabioso, Spirea Trollius, Veronica, etc.; in July 
for Achillea; Centaurea, Funkia, Heliopsis, Stokesia, Ver- 
onica. Virginica, etc.; in August for Asclepias, Boltonia, 
Helianthus, Rudbeckia, etc.; in September, for Aconitum, 
Delphinium 
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Aster Amellus,. Chrysanthemum, 
Lobelia, Phlox Paniculata, Veronica 
Longifolia, Seduin, etc., and in October 
Aconitum Autumnale, Aremone Jap- 
onica, Chrysanthemum, etc., all these 
species flowering somewhat according 
to the climatic conditions in the matter 
of time. 
Another matter for thought in plan- 
ning the permanent garden is that of 
color. One would not care to have 
monotony in this respect, therefore it 
is always well to plan carefully the 
color-scheme of the garden-to-be as it 
will appear from month to month, al- 
ways striving to have each month’s ar- 
ray of flowers present sufficient variety 
in the matter of color contrast, as this 
color contrast is a matter which is of 
great importance in the planning of a 
fine garden. Man has spent so 
much of his time in specializing, of se- 
gregating floral types, varieties and 
colors that the garden beginner can easily go astray if he 
selects his plants with reference to species only. Indeed 
the modern garden maker must be something of an artist. 
It is not enough that things planted come up, grow, thrive 
and endure that a garden will be evolved; in the true sense 
of the word a garden must be a spot where growing things 
give one a sense of enjoyment. All the flowers in the world 
wrongly placed hardly would do that, even though, in their 
entirity, they suggested pleasurable individual types. No, 
Ea 
the true garden-maker must be an arranger of flowers as 
well as a putter-in-the-earth of plants, for he must select 
from Flora’s palette such flowers as represent the wealth of 
color Nature has placed within range of his skilful hand. 
