Phlox and Nicotiana in the garden of Mrs. Peter B. Wyckoff, Southampton. Long Island. The path is arched alternately 



with Roses and Red Cedar 



Hardy Garden Flowers 



HE time is past for anyone owning a bit of ground to feel that for lack of knowledge 

 of flowers, or lack of funds, he cannot have a garden. The point is, simply, give the flowers 

 a chance to grow. 



In planning a flower-garden, the first requirements are beds of a width for a hoe to 

 reach the middle, or narrower, and paths. Whether they are straight or curved, sym- 

 metrical or unsymraetrical, is another question. The location of the garden is an im- 

 portant question of design. As to making the flowers grow, location is not important. 

 Avoid soil robbed by tree-roots. Make the ground rich. A water-supply is important 

 but not essential. Arrangements for height, season, and color-harmony can be carefully 

 worked out beforehand, or the garden may be planted and rearranged later. 



For one who feels that he knows nothing of flowers, or their requirements, we can 

 select a list of plants which will require the minimum of care. If everyone who has 

 a bare house and bare grass-plot could know the perennial joy there is in watching, 

 fe^: year after year, the tender shoots push up through the bare earth in spring, watch- 



ing the buds unfold until the tiny flower-bed or garden is a glow of color, there would be 

 ^ fewer uninteresting houses, and our suburban and country places might, in time, acquire 



Cuiumbiue (Atiuiiegia cnrysan- ^-^^ beauty of such districts in England, where it is the custom for everyone to have a 

 a), wi ong, grace spurs ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ flower-garden is now considered an outdoor room, and furnished with 

 simple or elaborate furniture; it repays the owner many times over for the care bestowed upon it. 



Such gardens can be made at small initial cost and at practically no expense for maintenance. The care of a 

 garden may be limited, if necessary, to keeping the weeds down and the paths in order, cutting the tops of those that 

 have gone to seed, and replanting or dividing some varieties after a few years' growth, to extend the planting or give the 

 surplus to a neighbor. 



Another use for hardy flowers is to plant them among the trees and shrubbery, thus adding color and interest during 

 the otherwise dull season of shrubs in summer and autumn. The tall and strong-growing sorts, like Aster, Helenium, 

 Helianthus, Hibiscus, Hollyhock, Iris, Lily, Golden Glow and Yucca, may be planted safely in the shrubbery, while the 

 lower-growing plants may be arranged irregularly at the front. 



The list we offer is carefully selected. We aim to grow only the best of each species, and have eliminated, as far as 

 possible, undesirable colors; for we wish our patrons to feel that they can be sure of obtaining the effects desired. 



ACHILLEA Ptarmica flore pleno, "The Pearl." For ADAM'S NEEDLE. See Yucca. 



masses of white in the garden this is excellent. It grows 

 about 1)4 feet high, and is covered with small, button- 

 like flowers that are always ready to cut. 



A. millefolium, "Cerise Queen." This rich amaranth- 

 red Yarrow is most valuable for producing a good and 

 continuous color-mass, i }4 ft. 



ACONITUM autumnale. Monkshood. For the autumn 

 the Monkshood gives the garden spires of blue or purple 

 like Delphiniums. 4 feet. Valuable for shady places. 



ALTH^A rosea. Hollyhock. For formal or informal 

 planting nothing surpasses the old-fashioned single 

 Hollyhock. For accenting points, for backgrounds, or 

 planted against buildings, it is equally at home by the 

 New England doorstep or in the most elaborate garden. 

 Its stately spires, 6 feet high, range through beautifully 

 brilliant or soft pastel shades. Pure white, clear pink, 

 salmon, primrose, scarlet to black- maroon. 

 Double. Pink, white, yellow, red and maroon. 



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