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John Connon Co., Limited, Hamilton, Ont. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 
HINTS FOR PLANTING 
Soil. Fibrous loam is for all purposes the best soil, though any good gar- 
den soil may be made to serve as a foundation for building up a good border. 
Where clay predominates, a heavy dressing of straw manure and lime well 
worked in, will improve the texture greatly. Sandy soil should also have a 
dressing of well decayed manure with the addition of some clay soil if poss- 
ible. Bone meal or any of the cooler fertilizers are useful for this purpose. 
Preparation. It is essential that the preparation should be thorough, dig- 
ging where possible to a depth of two feet. If the subsoil is clay, that should 
be well dug also, leaving it at the bottom of the trench and well working in 
the dressing through the entire depth. The roots will quickly find their way 
down to this apparently poor food. Where necessary, drainage in some form 
will help, but given a decent aspect and thorough cultivation, this is not often 
necessary. 
Planting. In planting, a generally safe guide is to plant from 12 to 20 
inches apart, according to the height and vigor of the varieties selected. Make 
holes large enough to lay out all roots and plant firmly. 
Protection. A little protection for nearly all the hardy plants in winter is 
advisable; not a protection so much against the frost, as against mild winter 
weather. Hardy plants may be killed by alternate freezing and thawing. A 
covering of leaves or loose stable litter will be found beneficial, two or three 
inches spread loosely over, after a little frost is all that is required. 
Height of plant when full grown and period of flowering is stated. 
Three and upwards of any one variety charged at the ten rate. 
Varieties offered at 25c each, $2.20 per ten. 30c each, $2.50 per ten. 35c 
each, $3.00 per ten. 
ACHILLEA Ptarmica plena. The Pearl. (Sneezewort.) Double white, fine, 
for cut flowers. 2 feet. July-October. 2Sc. 
— Millefolium, Cerise Queen. Bright, cherry-red in color. 2^ feet. June- 
October. 25c. 
ANCHUSA Italica. (Alkanet.) 5 feet. May-June. Pretty gentian blue 
flowers. 25c. , 
AQUILEGIA. (Columbine.) 2 to 3 feet. May-June. 2Sc. 
— California Hybrida. Large yellow flowers, with dark orange spurs. 
— Chrysantha. Semi-double, golden spurred. 
— grandiflora nivea. Large flowers, pure white. 
— Long Spurred Hybrids. A fine variety, in mixed colors. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott's Strain. This is a specially fine selection of long- 
spurred hybrids. 
ARMERIA Maritima. (Sea Pink.) Very showy dwarf plants; useful for bor- 
ders or rockeries. June-September. Bright rose. 1 foot. 25c. 
— Maritima Alba. A white variety of the preceding. 25c. 
ARTEMISIA Abrotanum. (Southernwood.) Dark green foliage with very 
pleasant aromatic odor. 2 feet. 25c. 
ASTER, Hardy. (Michaelmas Daisies.) Among the showiest of our late 
flowering perennials; grow freely in any soil. Bloom usually in Septem- 
ber and October. 25c. 
— Cordifolius. Flowers pale mauve. 3 feet. September-October. 30c. 
ericoides clio. White, pink centre. 3 feet. September-November. 2Sc. 
— Ideal. Mauve, similar to Cordifolius. 3 feet. 30c. 
— Perry's Pink. Bright rose. 3 feet. October. 30c. 
— St. Egwin. feet. Rose-pink. September-October. 30c. 
BELLIS perennis plena. (English Daisy.) Colors white and pink. This 
favorite flower makes a good dwarf border or rockery plant. 6 inches. 
25c. 
