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HARDY PLANTS TOR THE 



Ligliest grace in early spring'. The leaf is apt to lose some 

 of its beauty and fade away early in autumn^ but this may 

 to some extent be retarded by cutting out tbe fioyer- 

 bearing slioots tlie moment tbey appeai\ ^ot tliat tliese 

 are ngly ; for_, on the contrary^ the plants are fine and 

 striking when in flower. It is indispensable that the 

 PerulaSj like some other hardy foliaged plants^ be planted 



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Perula communis. 



permanently and well at first, as it is only when they are 

 thoroughly established that you get their full efiect. At a 

 first yiew, the best way to treat them would appear to be^ 

 so to arrange them that they would be succeeded by things 

 that flower in autumn^ and only begin their rich gi'owth in 

 early summer ; but it will be equally wise to plant them 

 near the margin of a shrubbery, where it is desired to haye 

 a diyersified and bold type of yegetation. In the rougher 



