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GARDEN PLANNING 



FERNS FOR THE ALPINE GARDEN 



Of the fifty odd kinds offered by nurserymen, the 

 following are especially useful, being but a foot or less 

 in height. 



Asplenium Trichomanes 

 Botrychium lunaria 

 Camptosorus rhizophyllus 

 Cheiianthes lanosa 

 Cystopteris bulbifera 



fragilis 

 Ophioglossum vulgatum 

 P(xlla atropurpurea 

 Phegopteris DryopUris 



hexagonoptera 



polypodioides 

 Polypodium vulgar e 

 Scolopendrium vulgare 

 Woodsia Ilvensis 



Maidenhair spleenwort 



Moonwort 



Walking fern 



Hairy lip fern 



Bulblet fern 



Brittle fern 



Adder's tongue 



Purple stemmed cliff break 



Oakfern 



Broadbuck fern 

 Long beech fern 

 Common polypody 

 Hart's tongue fern 

 Rusty woodsia 



ANNUALS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 



FOR CUT FLOWERS 



COMMON NAME 



SCIENTIFIC NAME 



HEIGHT 



(inches) 



DURATION 

 OF BLOOM 



(weeks) 



BLUE 









Ageratum 



Ageratum conyzoides 



ID 



All summer 



Giant comet aster 



Callistephus hortensis 



15 



Four 



Victoria aster 



Callistephus hortensis 



i8 



Four 



Jubilee aster 



Callistephus hortensis 



24 



Four 



Cornflower 



Centaurea Cyanus 



24 



Till frost 



Navy Blue sweet pea 



Lathyrus odoratus 



60 



Eight 



Dwarf lobelia 



Lobelia Erinus 



6 



All summer 



YELLOW 









Giant-flowering snap- 









dragon 



Antirrhinum ma jus 



24 



Eight 



Klondyke cosmos 



Cosmos sulphureus 



48 



Six 



Stella sunflower 



Helianthus debilis, van 









Stella 



36 



Ten 



