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itself. Those that can be propagated by seed are listed in the cata¬ 
logues. 
Always transplant or plant perennials in the fall in this climate 
about the end of October. If transplanted in the spring they do 
not get the proper root growth necessary to take them throughout 
hot summers. For this reason many people think that certain plants 
will not grow here, when, if planted in the fall, they would grow 
successfully. I have found that if seeds of perennials are started in 
August, in a partly shaded bed or cold frame, kept moist they will 
be large enough by the end of October to transplant to their per¬ 
manent place in the border. Thus they will become rooted enough 
before real cold weather starts to withstand the winter, and form 
large clumps by spring, blooming most of the summer. 
All of the plants listed in this article have been successfully 
grown in this climate in my garden (Dallas) and have grown 
more beautiful each year. 
Let us start with the early spring. As you go down the flag¬ 
stone path with what eager eyes you look over your beds to see the 
clumps of Peonies, Pyrethrum, Columbine, Cheiranthus Allionii, 
Glaucium (the Horned Poppy), Anchusa, Campanula (Bellflower), 
Trachelium, Adenophora (Ladybell), Physostegia virginiana (the 
early blooming Dragonhead) Cammassias, Valerian officinalis rubra, 
Pinks, Coreopsis, Baptisia australis, Thermopsis montana, Helen- 
ium Hoopesii, early Daisies and others springing up between the 
clumps of Tulips, giving them a soft carpet, as it were. Just about 
three weeks later, April 30th, in my garden, all of these perennials 
are a mass of bloom, forming a wonderful picture together with 
huge clumps of Iris ( Isoline, Magnified, Monseignor, Shekinah and 
others). 
Each day one exclaims, “Could anything be lovelier?” but as 
the days pass on and the later perennials burst into bloom, it is hard 
to decide which picture is really the loveliest. 
May and June bring forth more bloom, a miracle of beauty and 
color—Achillea filipendulina, Achillea Millifolium, Monarda didy- 
ma, Monarda purpurea, Lythrum roseum with its spikes of rose 
pink flowers, Hemerocallis (the double and single Day lilies) send 
Time to 
Plant or 
Transplant 
Perennials 
Early 
Flowering 
