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Hardy Perennials 



In the preparation of the Hardy Border, the soil should be dug to a depth of l8 inches — more if it 

 is practicable — and the soil well pulverized and enriched with well-decomposed stable manure, to 

 which a good sprinkling of coarse bone meal might be added to advantage. 



The actual arrangement of the groups must, of course, be a matter of personal taste, but the matter 

 of height should be kept in mind. Keep the tall-growing kinds in the rear or background, tapering 

 the planting down to the foreground with the dwarfer kinds, avoiding a stiff, unnatural arrangement 

 by departing from this rule, permitting an occasional plant or group to stand clear of its neighbors. 

 The Peony makes an excellent specimen plant for this purpose. 



Spring is the season usually selected for planting operations, and is undoubtedly the safest time 

 to plant. The one objection to spring planting is that, if it is not completed in the first early days, the 

 plants, having started, are apt either to die or appear sickly and unattractive throughout the season. 

 As it is not always convenient to plant early in the season, we overcome any risk attached to later 

 planting by potting practically all of our perennials (which have grown in the field during the summer) 

 in early fall, wintering them over in coldframes. We can supply well established plants, each with a 

 ball of soil, as late in the season as it is practicable to plant. 



What to Plant. The selection of varieties to plant will depend largely on their location. If a 

 single group or bed is desired, it will be better to make the planting individual in character and 

 plant only one kind — Sweet William, Canterbury Bells, Hollyhocks, Delphiniums, or whatever 

 seems appropriate. If an old-fashioned mixed border planting is desired, the most satisfactory arrange- 

 ment would be to group several plants of a kind together, making the groups fit the border. Select 

 varieties that will flower at various seasons, rendering the border attractive all year. 



Achillea • Milfoil 



Ptarmica, Perry's Variety. New. The individual 

 flowers are larger and more double than " Boule de 

 Neige" or "The Pearl;" the petals are broad and over- 

 lapping, and so arranged that the center of the flower 

 does not show at any stage. 



Ptarmica fl.-pl., Boule de Neige. A more compact 

 and desirable form of "The Pearl." June to August. 2 ft. 



Ptarnriica fl.-pl., Tlie Pearl. Double, pure white; 

 flowering freely all the summer. June to August. 2 ft. 

 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100 



Aconitum 



Monkshood, or Wolfbane 



Hardy border plants, producing erect spikes of helmet- 

 shaped blossoms which are desirable for cutting. 



Autumnale. Large spikes of dark blue flowers. 

 One of the most useful varieties. July to Sept. 3 feet. 



Fisheri. Bright blue. August to October. 3 feet. 



Napellus bicolor. Blue and white, large attractive 

 flowers. September to October, i }2 feet. 



Lycoctonum. Pale yellow. June and July. 4 feet. 

 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 



