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THE LURE OF 

 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENS 



IT is not difficult to understand why Old-Fashioned Hardy Perennials 

 are again riding on the crest of the wave of popularity. We pre- 

 sume back in the olden days, old-fashioned gardens were the 

 vogue, because they required so little attention and, like esteemed 

 visitors, came back year after year. In those days perennials were 

 grown more for show outdoors, for Milady delighted in taking her 

 guests through the garden and showing them her treasures, which, 

 perhaps, some beloved ancestors had brought from the Old Country. 



The trend in modern gardens is somewhat different. Home decora- 

 tion demands the proper display of flowers in the hall, in the living 

 room, dining room, in short, wherever space and occasion properly 

 permit. In the carrying out of these liberal ideas of decoration by 

 means of flowers the Old-Fashioned Hardy Garden is absolutely indis- 

 pensable. Yielding flowers from earliest spring, when the Columbines 

 nod their Easter benediction, to the very last of fall when the hardy 

 Chrysanthemums defy Jack Frost to do his worst, the hardy perennial 

 border becomes a never failing source of floral delight. 



LOVETT'S 



Complete Hardy Gardens 



We offer here, two selections of utter- 

 ly dependable plants for two gardens of 

 varying sizes, together with planting 

 plans designed to help you create pretty 

 pictures with the help of the plants we 

 provide. Even the smaller of the two 

 borders should prove a source of never 

 ending delight, in the average suburban 

 garden. And, since the plants will in- 

 crease in size from year to year, the in- 

 vestment called for will prove but the 

 beginning of a regular dividend in the 

 form of steadily increasing plant and 

 flower treasures. The numbers serve as 

 suggestions where the various plants 

 may be placed in the borders. 



Here is your chance to have a beau- 

 tiful Hardy Flower Garden from early 

 spring until late fall at an amazingly 

 low cost. 



BORDER A (above) 



55 Sturdy Plants ($12.50 value) for $5.50 



Key Ouan. 



1 3 Alyssum saxatile (Basket of Gold). 



2 2 Camomile, Perry's. Golden daisies all summer. 



3 2 Dwari Aster, "Nancy." Flesh-pink. 



4 1 Wild Indigo. Deep blue flowers in June. 



5 3 Hardy Chrysanthemums. Mixed colors. 



6 3 Coreopsis grandiflora. The brightest yeUow garden flower. 



7 4 Blue Larkspur (Delphinium). 



8 3 Fringed Bleeding Heart. Beautiful pink flowers from late 



spring until frost. 



9 3 Blanket Flower (Gaillardia grandiflora). 



10 3 Rough Heliopsis. Semi-double golden blooms. 



11 3 Lovett's Lemon Day Lily- Highly fragrant. 



12 2 Gibraltar Candytuft. Many delicate pink blooms. April 



and May 



13 3 Fleur-de-lis (German Iris). Assorted. 



14 3 Dwarf Iris, "Canary Bird." 



15 2 Clethra (Loosestrife). Starry white flowers all summer. 

 15 1 Peony, Edulis Superba. 



17 4 Phlox. Assorted colors. 



18 4 Painted Daisy. Good summer cut flowers. 



19 3 Mourning Bride. Charming sky-blue flowers. 



20 3 Cornflower Aster (Stokesia laevis). 



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BORDER B (below) 



102 Sturdy Plants ($24.45 value) for $9.90 



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Ouan. 



2 Dwarf Anemone. Good for rockery. 



3 Perry's Camomile. Big golden daisies. 

 Columbine, Long-Spurred Hybrids. 

 Dwarf Aster, "Nancy." Flesh-pink. 

 Spirea (Astilbe), "Peach Blossom." Clear piiik. 

 Wild Indigo. Deep blue flowers and attractive foliage. 

 Hardy Chrysanthemum. Mixed. 

 Coreopsis grandiflora. Splendid cut flower. 

 Blue Larkspur. Big celestial blue flowers. 

 Grenadin Pinks. Assorted colors. 

 Blanket Flower. Lovely and lasting when cut. 

 Baby's Breath. Tinv, gauzy white blooms in June and 



luly. 



Rough Heliopsis. Good cut flower. 



Lovett's Lemon Day Lily. Large lemon-yellow blooms. 

 Dwarf Iris, "Canary Bird." 

 Fleur-de-lis (German Iris). Assorted colors. 



1 Gayfeather Cattail. Showy spikes of purple flowers. 



2 Russell Lupines. .Assorted colors. 



2 Clethra (Loosestrife). Fragrant spikes of starry white 

 flowers. 



4 Peonies, Double Mixed. 

 8 Phlox. Assorted colors. 



2 Mourning Bride. Large, sky-blue flowers, lasting when cut. 



5 Cornflower Aster. Handsome, sky-blue, aster-like flowers. 

 4 Fringed Bleeding Heart. Heart-shaped pink flowers from 



fernlike foliage. 

 4 Painted Daisy. Assorted colors. 



4 Bluespiie Speedwell. Lovely spikes of sky-blue flowers 

 all summer. 



(Add 10 per cent to your remittance if shipment is desired by 

 parcel post. 



[30] Hardy Perennials 



Lovett's Nursery. Inc. 



