HELPFUL HINTS 



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Half of the Fun of Gardening is in the 



Planning 



YOU will not only get far better results from a "thought-out" planting, but you have all the thrills 

 and pleasure that come from your own planning and scheming. You make a garden that reflects 

 your personality, and not someone else's idea of what your garden should be. 

 The following scheme may be of assistance to you. Cut out cardboard discs to represent the various 

 plants that you want to use, and move them about on a plan of your grounds until you are able to find some 

 pleasing combination. By using different colored discs you will be able to readily distinguish between the 

 evergreens, shrubs, etc. The discs and plan should be made to the same scale, say one-quarter inch to the 

 foot. Make the discs of a scale equal in diameter to one-half or two-thirds the ultimate height of each par- 

 ticular plant. The height to which the different plants may be expected to grow is given in the description 

 of varieties elsewhere in this catalogue. 



In arranging a group planting, place the discs so that they will just touch each other. This will, in most 

 cases, give you a good idea of how many plants will be required for that particular group. You will find this 

 method not only helpful, but exceedingly interesting. 



The fun is all the greater in the continual surprises that such group plantings hold in store for each 

 succeeding week, when from some unexpected place a new flower of different color peeps forth. From the 

 appearance, during the first warm days of March, of the cheery yellow Forsythia to the tragic death of the 

 persistent little Chrysanthemum, after holding out bravely against the assaults of Jack Frost, you are 

 scarcely a week without some appropriate bloom. 



The following suggestive list will help you plan for an uninterrupted succession of flowers: 



SHRUBS 



PERENNIALS 



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Althea, Rose of Sharon 



Azalea 



Bush Honeysuckle, Fragrant 



Bush Honeysuckle, Morrowi, 

 I Bush Honeysuckle, Tatarian 



Deutzia 



Elder 



I Golden Bell 



i Golden Currant 



I Guelder Rose 



' Hydrangea, Hills of Snow. . . 

 ! Hydrangea, large flowering. . 



Hypericum 



j Japanese Snowball 



Lilac 



i Mock Orange in variety .... 



Prairie Rose 



; Red Bud 



Rosa Rugosa 



Spice Bush 



Spirea Anthony Waterer .... 



Spirea Arguta 



, Spirea Billardi 



j Spirea Douglasi 



Spirea Reevsiana 



Spirea Thunbergii 



Spirea Van Houttei 



j Styrax Japonica 



Tamarix Africana 



Tamarix Gallica. var. Indica 

 ' Wayfaring Tree 



Weigelia 



White Kerria 



Witch Hazel 



Achillea, the Pearl. 

 Anemone Japonica . 



Aquilegia 



Aster 



Baby's Breath 



Balloon Flower 



Blanket Flower 



Bleeding Heart .... 

 Canterbury Bells. . . 

 Chrysanthemum. . . 



Columbine 



Coreopsis 



Cornflower 



Delphinium 



False Chamomile . . . 



Foxglove 



Funkia 



Golden Tuft 



Helen! um 



Helianthus 



Hardy Pink 



Hollyhocks 



Iberis 



Iris (German) 



Iris (Japanese) 



Larkspur 



Peony 



Phlox 



Purple Cone Flower. 



Rock Cress 



Shasta Daisy 



Stonecrop in variety . 



Sweet William 



Yellow Day Lily . . . . 



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