HELPFUL HINTS 



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 catalog. 



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 



Althea, Rose of Sharon — — — 



Azalea — — " 



Bush Honeysuckle. Fragrant . . — — 

 Bush Honeysuckle, Morrowi . . — — 

 Bush Honeysuckle, Tatarian . . — — 



Deutzia 



Elder 



Golden Bell — 



Golden Currant 



Guelder Rose — 



Hydrangea, Hills of Snow — — 



Hydrangea, large flowering. — — 



Hypericum — — — 



Japanese Snowball — 



Lilac — 



Mock Orange in variety — — — 



Prairie Rose — — 



Red Bud — 



Rosa Rugosa — — — — — 



Spice Bush — 



Spirea Anthony Waterer — — — — 



Spirea Arguta — 



Spirea Billardi — — — 



Spirea Douglasi — — 



Spirea Reevsiana — 



Spirea Thunbergii — — 



Spirea Van Houttei — — 



Styrax Japonica — 



Tamarix Africana — 



Tamarix Gallica. var. Indica . . — — 



Wayfaring Tree — — 



Weigelia — — 



White Kerria — 



Witch Hazel — - 



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PERENNIALS 



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 — — 



Helenium 



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 — — ^ 



