FOUNDEI 

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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



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Helianthus — Sunflower. 



Blooming in April 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine) Canadensis— Pretty scarlet flowers mixed with yellow. 1 

 to 2 feet. 

 Coerulea — Several blue and white flowers on a stem, sometimes tinted with lilac. 



Lovely for border or rookery. 9 to 15 inches. 

 Candissima — Pure white. 2 to 3 feet. 

 BELLIS (English Daisy) — Charming edging plants, with button-shaped flowers. 6 



inches. Separate colors, red or white. 

 ICELAND POPPIES — Mixed colors, yellow, white and orange. Dwarf growing, delicate 

 flowered. Exquisite for bordering. 9 to 15 inches. 



Blooming in May 



ALYSSUM SaxatUe Compactum (Gold Dust) — Deep yellow flowers in close flat heads. 



1 foot. 

 Argenteum — Flowers deep golden yellow in dense heads. 12 to 18 inches. 

 ANCHUSA (Dropmore Variety) — Blue or purple flowers in racemes. 4 to 5 feet. 

 PAPAVER (Oriental Poppy) — Rose, lilac and scarlet. Beautiful for cut flowers. 3 feet. 

 PYRETHRUM (Persian Daisy) — Single varieties. Artistic for home decoration, with 



fei-n-like foliage. Pink and white. 



Hardy Perennials 



The Old- Fashioned Hardy Flowers. 



The garden or border of Hardy Perennials is about the 

 most valuable and lasting asset of the flower garden. An- 

 nuals, flowering bulbs and even shrubs may be dispensed 

 with more consistently than these old-fashioned Hardy Per- 

 ennials which for so long a time made the charm of the old- 

 time gardens. 



There is no spot so unfavorable, no soil so sterile or harsh 

 that some flower of hardy nature may not be found to adorn 

 it and thrive and grow more and more ornamental as the sea- 

 sons come and go. It is well, however, to enrich the soil 

 before planting with some well-decomposed manure, dug 

 deeply and well pulverized. 



Secure field-grown clumps in the spring or fall. Plant 

 them well into the soil and as soon as they have had two or 

 three good frosts, and just before the ground freezes, cover 

 with about three inches of leaves, nature's protection. Re- 

 move gradually in the spring. Do not overcrowd. A very 

 good rule to go by in planting is to set the plants one-half 

 the height they attain when fully developed. For example. 

 Delphinium, which grows three feet high, should be planted 

 eighteen inches apart. 



We list the different varieties in groups, according to their 

 blooming period. Thus one may have some of 

 these flowers blooming from early spring until 

 late fall, up until freezing weather. 



We offer strong, field-grown clumps at 25c 

 each; $2.50 per dozen, postpaid; all one va- 

 riety or assorted. 



The figures in description indicate the 

 height of the plants when fully grown. 



Aster. 



Dianthus Barbatus — Sweet William. 

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Campanula media — Canterbury Bell. 



