If all the effectiveness of German iris would be had, they 
must be given a conspicuous place—and let alone. They are 
easily grown 
F. F. Rockwell 
Let a row of stately hollyhocks dominate the garden in July 
when droughts may have withered the other blossoms. 
They also are easily grown 
THE PLACE OF HARDY PERENNIALS—HOW TO SELECT THEM—SPRING PLANTING AND SUMMER CARE 
Photographs by N. R. Graves and Chas. Jones 
N OT only the arrangement 
of the gardener’s ma¬ 
terials, bnt also their selection 
for the particnlar part they are 
to play in the completed land¬ 
scape picture, must be given 
the gardener’s most careful at¬ 
tention. A class of plants suit¬ 
able for one purpose may be 
unsuitable for another, not be¬ 
cause of tbeir height, color or 
season of bloom, but on account 
of their character and habit of 
growth. The complete, satis- 
fying garden—and satisfaction 
is the final test of efficiency in 
flower gardening — has an ap¬ 
peal aside from its mere es¬ 
thetic beauty. It is right that 
one should not fill one’s garden 
on the “collection’’ principle, 
striving to get “one each" of 
everything worth having. But 
it is quite possible to err in the 
opposite direction, and, in vis¬ 
ioning the garden solely as a 
work of art, to forget the 
cheery, fragrant, lovable flow¬ 
ers themselves. There is some¬ 
thing wrong with the gardener 
who is content to stand at the 
gate and look, through eyes 
BY SEASON OF 
BLOOM 
Beginning to Bloom in 
Season of Bloom 
Height 
Color 
March 
Blood-root . 
Mch.-Apr. 
6 ins. 
White 
Wind-flower . 
Meh.-May 
6 ins. 
Blue 
April 
White, purple 
Rock-moss . 
Apr.-June 
6 ins. 
Daisv . 
Apr.-July 
Apr.-May 
4-6 ins. 
Various 
Hardy candytuft . 
10 ins. 
White 
Mvosotis, everblooming.. 
Apr.-June 
10 ins. 
Light blue 
Blue-bolls . 
Apr.-May 
Apr.-June 
Apr.-May 
12 ins. 
Blue 
6-15 ins. 
Pink 
Trilliums . 
12-15 ins. 
White, red 
May 
Alvssum, saxatile . 
May-June 
May-June 
May-June 
121 ins. 
Golden yellow 
2-3 ft. 
Various 
Lily-of-the-valley . 
12 ins. 
White 
German iris . 
May-June 
May-June 
U ft. 
Various 
Peony . 
2-3' ft. 
Various 
June 
Anemone . 
June-Sept. 
18 ins. 
White 
June-Aug. 
June-July 
3-3 ft. 
Golden 
Astible .Taponiea . 
2 ft. 
White 
Campanula, Harebell.... 
June-Sept. 
8 ins. 
Blue 
Canterbury Bell . 
June 
2-3 ft. 
Pink 
.1 une-J uly 
June 
10 ins. 
Purple 
Pictainus (Gas Plant).... 
»ft. 
Or’nge maroon 
.Tune-J uly 
.Tune-Oct. 
2-3 ft. 
Yellow 
Iceland poppy . 
12 ins. 
Crimson 
Oriental poppy . 
June 
2-4 ft. 
Scarlet 
Phlox, hardy . 
June 
2-3 ft. 
White 
Spirea . 
June-July 
3 ft. 
White 
June-July 
4-5 ft. 
White 
July 
Hollyhock . 
July-Sept. 
5-8 ft. 
Various 
Chamomile . 
July-Nov. 
1-3-ft. 
Yellow 
Delphinium . 
July-Sept. 
3-4 ft. 
Various 
Helianthas . 
July-Sept. 
4 ft. 
Golden 
Campanula grandafiora.. 
July-Sept. 
3 ft. 
Blue 
August 
Various 
Aug.-Sept. 
3-4 ft. 
Aug.-Sept. 
Aug.-Oct. 
Aug.-Sept. 
3-4 ft. 
Cardinal red 
3-5 ft. 
White 
Golden Glow (Rudbeckia) 
5-6 ft. 
3-5 ft. 
Golden yellow 
Bright yellow 
Aug.-Oct. 
half closed, after the fashion of 
an art critic, at the beauty of 
the picture presented, and who 
never risks soaking feet in the 
morning dew, or gets a hand 
dirty or a wrist scratched in 
rendering some little service, 
perhaps unnecessary, to the 
garden's inmates; who has no 
friendships such as one may 
have with a quiet but depend¬ 
able companion, among the 
nodding faces along the well- 
worn walks. 
No one class of flowers has 
all the desirable points. Some 
of the advantages and uses of 
annuals and annual-like flowers 
were discussed in last month's 
article. The paramount advan¬ 
tage of perennials, of course, is 
their longevity. Instead of hav¬ 
ing to be started afresh each 
year or carried over, like pot¬ 
ted plants or tender bulbs, they 
are planted once and for all, 
and one is done with the job 
until overcrowding or starved 
soil may make it necessary ,to 
replant; a condition which will 
not be reached for several 
years, and, with some varieties, 
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