MIXED BORDERS AND ROCK GARDENS. 



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CERASTWM BiEBERSl BINI. 



Tea), moisture, Muscaris 

 (Grape Hyacinths), Myosotis 

 (Forget-me-nots), Narcissus 

 (Daffodils), Nierembergia 

 rivularis (a damp spot), 

 QEnotheras (Evening Prim- 

 roses), Omphalodes verna 

 (creeping, a beautiful blue 

 flower, a loamy soil, appre- 

 ciates shade), Onosma taurica 

 (Golden Drop), Orobus 

 (especially azureus and 

 vermis), Papaver (Poppies), 

 Pentstemons, Phi x e s 

 (Dwarf), Phyteuma comosum 

 (blue and purple flowers, 

 gritty loam in clefts in rock- 

 garden), Plumbago Larpenta?, Podophyllum Emodi and peltatum, Polemoniums (Jacob's 

 ladders), Polygonatums (Solomon's Seal), Potentilla, Pratia angulata, Primulas, Ramondia 

 pyrenaica (moist soil, in shade), Ranunculus, Rodgersia podophylla (handsome foliage 

 plant, moist shady spot), Sarracenia purpurea (hardy Pitcher plant, peaty bog), Saxifragas, 

 Schivereckia podolica (light loam, sunny spot), Sedum, Sempervivum, Senecio, Silene, 

 Soldanellas, Sternbergia lutea (Winter Daffodil), Thymes, Trilliums, Trollius, Tropasolum 

 polyphyllum, Tiarella cordifolia (Foam-flower), Violas, Waldsteinia, Zauschneria californica, 

 Zephyranthes. 



Upon the garden or border a world of flowers may be placed, flowers of exquisite beauty and, 



except 

 in a few 

 insta nces, 

 of easy cul- 

 ture. Even 

 p 1 a n t s 

 difficult to 

 m a n a g e 

 are worth 

 considera- 

 tion, for 

 the sake 

 of their 

 loveli ness 

 when 

 thoroughly 

 est a b - 

 lished. It 

 is interest 

 ing indeed 

 to grow 

 things that 

 will not 

 live any- 



FESNS ON RUCKWORK. where. 



