DECORATIVE PLANTS 
hardy perennials 
North Abin^fon andTrammgbam,Mass. 
Showing 40 acres of our Hardy Perennial Department between North Abington and Rockland 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
No experienced flower-lover need be told about the importance of Hardy Perennials in 
successful gardens. Beginners should understand that these plants are long-lived, growing 
larger and finer from year to year, and if the soil is well and deeply prepared for them at 
the start, they need not be reset for several seasons. They comprise most ot the best flowers 
and make the foundation of any garden. 
They exist in infinite variety, ranging in size from the tiniest edging material to tall, 
robust plants suitable for massing as a background, and in color through all the shades 
of the rainbow and a lot more. 
Perennials may be planted as a garden unit by themselves, or may be placed in front 
of and in bays between Filler Shrubs in border plantings, as indicated on the plan and 
sketches in the front of this Catalog. In this manner Perennials can give added interest 
to any planting by adding their bright colors to plantings which otherwise might be devoid 
of color at certain periods of the summer. 
A garden unit wholly of Perennials is entirely practical, and it is a delightful game to 
plan its arrangement so that one variety succeeds another in bloom, and provide a season- 
long procession of different flowers, in ever-varying forms and colors. 
For best effect it is essential to plant in clumps, masses, or drifts of one kind, sufficiently 
large to do justice to the flowers. The bigger the plants grow, the fewer are required to 
make a display. Generally at least five or six are required, even of the largest kinds, and 
the smaller sorts should be planted by the dozen or hundred. 
We have grown Perennials successfully for many years, and our acreage has been ex¬ 
panded frequently to supply the increasing demand for them. 
New and choice sorts are added every year, and our stock includes an unusually large 
variety. In the descriptions we have indicated the height each plant attains and the months 
when the flowers appear. 
We are growing Perennials at both our Framingham and North Abington Nurseries, 
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