SELECTIONS OF HARDY PLANTS. 



PERENNIAL AND BIENNIAL PLANTS EASILY RAISED FROM SEEDS. 

 "While nearly all flowering plants may be raised from seeds, there are few persons 

 who have either the time or the convenience for this. There are also many plants 

 which either germinate so slowly or are so long in arriving at a flowering stage, that 

 raising these from seed cannot be recommended to any one not an enthusiast in such 

 work. The undernamed usually germinate quickly, and are as easily raised as any 

 hardy annual. Many strains of the various florists' flowers are now of such good quality 

 that high-class varieties can be raised from a packet of seeds. Biennials, i.e., plants 

 which bloom the year after the one in which the seeds are sown (if in good time), 

 and then usually die, are marked. % Directions for sowing appear on page 241. 



SELECTION. 



Alyssum saxatile. 



Galegas. 



GDnotheras, Jbiennis Lamarckiana. 



Anemone coronaria varieties. 



Geraniums. 



Ononis rotundii'olia. 



JAntirrhinums. 



Geums. 



Orobus. 



Aquilegias. 



Gypsophila paniculata. 



Papavers. 



Arabis. 



Heleniums. 



Pentstemons. 



Aubrietias. 



Helianthemums. 



Phloxes. 



Campanulas. 



JHeracleums. 



Phuopsis. 



Carnations. 



} Hollyhocks. 



Physostegias. 



|Carduus. 



Hutchinsia alpina. 



Potentillas. 



Centaur eas. 



Inulas. 



Primulas. 



Chelones. 



Irises. Seeds germinate slowly. 



Pyrethrums. 



JCnicus. 



Lathyrus. 



Rudbeckias. 



Coreopsis. . 



Linarias. 



Saponarias. 



Delphiniums. 



Linums. 



Scabiosas. 



Dianthus, Jbarbatus, and others. 



JLunarias (Honesty). 



Sidalceas. 



^Digitalis. 



Lupinus. 



Silenes. 



JDipsacus. 



Lychnis. 



JSilybum marianum. 



Echinops . 



Malvas. 



Statices. 



Erigerons. 



\ Michauxia. 



Tunicas. 



Eryngiums. 



Mimulus. 



Verbascums. 



Erysimums. 



Morina longifolia. 



Veronicas. 



Ferulas. 



JMyosotis. 



Violas, including Pansies. 



Gaillardias. 



Oenotheras ; perennial species. 



^Wallflowers. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of annuals in maintaining and 

 prolonging the beauty of the flower borders or in the supply of cut flowers. In 

 conjunction with perennials and biennials they are invaluable. They fill up blanks 

 caused by the passing away of the earlier flowers, and for carpeting the spaces between 

 other plants they are much appreciated. Some are also of striking effect and, with the 

 exercise of taste, may be employed in such a way as to add greatly to the beauty of the 



