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PUDOR’S DESCRIPTIVE SEED LIST 
SECTION 3 
Select List of Hardy Perennial Plants 
SUCCESS WITH PERENNIALS 
The chain of success with perennials is made up of the following links. 
The chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Lack of successful perennial 
planting will result when any one link fails. 
1. Prepare the soil deeply and thoroughly. Remember that a perennial bed 
must remain for some years. 
2. Use plenty of fertilizer. A complete fertilizer or bone meal will result in 
strong plants and abundant flowers. 
3. Arrange the plants so that they are suited to the space allotted to them; 
put the tallest ones at the back, using such sorts as may be depended upon 
for a good foliage background. Let some of the taller sorts extend toward 
the front, especially in the wider parts of the bed or border. This avoids 
monotony and gives interest. Provide for choice edging plants which are 
compact in growth. 
4. Select plants which produce an abundance of bloom throughout a long season 
for the main stand-bys of the border. Tuck a few choice or lesser known 
sorts in the spaces between the dependables. 
5. Choose colors with care. Avoid the close association of the various shades 
and tints of the different reds, combining the scarlets, oranges and salmons 
together, but not near the crimsons, magentas and lavender-rose colors. Use 
white flowers to separate doubtful colors; but do not use white too abundantly. 
G. Be sure to buy Bordeaux Mixture in March, so that you are prepared to start 
spraying Peonies, Phlox, Hollyhocks and Delphiniums early. Spray the plants 
and the soil as soon as growing starts, and repeat every week. Use accord¬ 
ing to directions on the can in which the Bordeaux Mixture is purchased. 
7. Have arsenate of lead and nicotine extract on hand. Use a spray or dust 
of arsenate of lead for all insects or caterpillars which chew holes in the 
leaves. Use nicotine sulphate or tobacco extract for the various plant lice, 
aphids or other sucking mouth-part insects. With the latter class it will be 
necessary to hit the insects with the spray. 
8 . Cultivate the soil between the plants so that there is a constant layer of 
loose soil about them. This will help to eliminate the need for watering 
perennials. 
9. Transplant each sort when it becomes greatly crowded, or seems to be 
ill-adapted to the location. Most sorts can be divided into several pieces to 
increase the number of plants. 
10. Give the plants a protection for winter. 
TINY SEEDLINGS OR ADVANCED PLANTS 
Which will you have? The difference is this: (1) If you are keen and careful, 
and have some previous experience of pricking out, watering, and tending the 
early stages of plant growth—then the TINY SEEDLINGS will be both a JOY 
and a PROFIT. There is no doubt about them. They reach you fresh and 
healthy, and, if you have reasonable facilities, SUCCESS IS CERTAIN. (2) If, 
on the other hand, you are easy, and if the circumstances are such that you cannot 
give critical attention, or have not the elementary knowledge, accommodation, or 
facilities—then ADVANCED PLANTS or clumps will be your best investment. 
These are past the critical stage, and only ordinary care is necessary to insure 
success, provided they are planted at the proper time. 
SPECIAL NOTICE! 
All Tiny Seedlings are sent by Post, carefully packed between layers of fine 
moss, and at the prices quoted they are package and postage free. Some peo¬ 
ple prefer to have them sent by express, thinking the package will get more air, 
but the package, of course is very small. 
CAUTION! 
Do not order one dozen seedlings plants to be sent by themselves—they are 
so small and the package so small, that it is most difficult to pack one dozen 
tiny seedlings in such a manner that they will keep moist enough for long dis¬ 
tance shipment. 
