THE HARDY BORDER 



knows how long, on which blossoms can be 

 counted by the hundreds every spring. 



Dicentra, better known as " Bleeding Heart," 

 because of its pendulous, heart-shaped flowers, is 

 a most lovely early bloomer. It is an excellent 

 plant for the front row of the border. It sends 

 up a great number of flowering stalks, two and 

 three feet in length, all curving gracefully out- 

 ward from the crown of the plant. These bear 

 beautiful foliage — ^indeed, the plant would be 

 well worth growing for this alone — and each 

 stalk is terminated with a raceme of pink and 

 white blossoms. It is difficult to imagine any- 

 thing lovelier or more graceful than this plant, 

 when in full bloom. 



The Aquilegia ought to be given a place in all 

 collections. It comes in blue, white, yellow, and 

 red. Some varieties are single, others double, 

 and all beautiful. This is one of our early 

 bloomers. It should be grown in clumps, near 

 the front row. 



The Iris is to the garden what the Orchid is to 

 the greenhouse. Its colors are of the richest — 

 blue, purple, violet, yellow, white, and gray. It 

 blooms in great profusion, for weeks during the 

 early part of summer. It is a magnificent flower. 

 It will be found most effective when grouped, 



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