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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VII 



PAGES 



The Growing op the Ornamental Plants — The Classes of 



Plants, and Lists ........ 214-349 



Planting for immediate effect ... ..... 215 



The use of '•'•foliage " trees and shrubs 218 



Windbreaks and screens 219 



The making of hedges 220 



The borders • . . .222 



The flower-beds 225 



Bedding effects 228 



Plants for subtropical effects . 229 



Aquatic and bog plants 230 



Bockeries and alpine plants 232 



1. Plants for Carpet-beds 234 



Lists for carpet-beds . . . 236 



2. The Annual Plants 241 



List of annuals by color of flowers . . . . . . . 246 



Useful annuals for edgings of beds and walks, and for ribbon-beds 248 



Annuals that continue to bloom after frost 248 



List of annuals suitable for bedding (that is, for '■'■mass-effects'''' of 



color) 249 



List of annuals by height 251 



Distances for p)lanting annuals 256 



3. Hardy Herbaceous Perennials ....... 260 



Perennial herbs suitable for lawn and '•'■planting " effects . . 262 

 A brief seasonal flower-garden or border list of herbaceous peren- 

 nials ............ 264 



One hundred extra-hardy perennial herbs 273 



4. Bulbs and Tubers 281 



Fall-planted biilbs 281 



List of outdoor fall-planted bulbs for the North .... 288 



Winter bulbs . 289 



Summer bulbs 289 



5. The Shrubbery 290 



IJst of shrubbery plants for the North 292 



Shrubs for the South . . . . . . . . . 305 



