plants that have passed the seedling ^age and 

 in which they may grow until Spring, when they 

 can be planted out in the garden after they have 

 been "hardened off." 



^ Asphodels are tuberous rooted and hardy 

 enough tosurvive the Winters in any climate, and 

 as they produce abundant root growth we may 

 increase our ^ock by division after the roots are 

 two years old. The buffy-yellow are especially 

 lovely with the blue anchusas but they should 

 always be in the background, as they are slender 

 and tall while the anchusas are broad and of lower 

 growth. The white asphodels are taller than the 

 buff and should therefore be positioned near 

 hollyhocks, or as background groups for del- 

 phinium belladonna. There the feathery plumes 

 of the white asphodels will silently ^and guard 

 over sweet belladonna. Small groups of golden- 

 buff and white asphodels are lovely all through 

 the herbaceous borders and they are wonderfully 

 intere^ing when grown among ferns, and in 

 colonies on the pool or lakeside, with the broad 

 speared Pallida irises as gracious neighbors. The 

 asphodels bloom in June and July which is much 

 longer than the eremuri do, and you will not miss 



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