HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October 
1910 
the rich coloring and full beauty of the Roses to perfection. 
Most perennial plants are easily divided by simply pulling 
the roots apart. English Daisies, Polyanthus, Rudbeckias, Vio¬ 
lets, Shasta Daisies and the like, come under this class, while 
the Perennial Phlox must be cut apart with the spade and the 
Iris broken apart, removing all the dead roots and planting only 
those roots showing a new shoot. The great roots of the Hi¬ 
biscus separate into easily handled sections, each the promise 
of a robust plant. 
There is probably no one point on which the amateur gar¬ 
dener so needs a word of caution as that of the distance apart 
at which plants should be set. Overcrowding is the prevalent 
mistake. Now it is generally understood that when we set out 
a plant we expect it to grow; we want it to grow vigorously, 
not for one year but for a succession of years, and in order to 
Plants for Shady Places 
Name. Season of Bloom. 
Height. 
Aconitum 
June 
3-5 ft. 
Aneinomes 
Sept. 
i8in.-2ft. 
Anchusa (Alkanet) 
All summer 
6 ft. 
Astilbe 
July, Aug. 
2-6 ft. 
Convallaria (Lily-of- 
May 
9 in. 
the-valley) 
Cardinal Flowers 
Aug., Sept. 
18 in.-2 ft. 
Dicentra (Bleeding- 
May 
2 ft. 
heart) 
Ferns 
All summer 
6 in.-3 ft. 
Funkia 
Sept. 
12 in. 
Helleborus 
Feb., March 
12 in. 
Hemerocallis (Day 
Sept. 
3 ft. 
lilies) 
Hepatica 
May 
6 in. 
Primroses 
April, May 
6 in. 
Polyanthus 
May 
6 in. 
Ranunculus 
May 
Rodgersia 
May 
5 ft. 
Saxafrages 
May, June 
9 in. 
Spirea 
May 
3-5 ft. 
Stenanthinum 
Summer 
4-5 ft. 
Trillium 
May 
9 in. 
Trollius 
May-Aug. 
2-2 1 / 2 ft. 
Trycirtis 
Late fall 
18 in. 
Vinca 
Spring 
Trailing 
Violets 
May 
6 in. 
Plants for Low, Damp Spots 
Name. Season of Bloom. 
Height. 
Iris 
May, July 
18 in.-2 ft. 
Ferns 
All summer 
6 in.-3 ft. 
Stenanthinum 
Summer 
5-6 ft. 
Carex (Sedge) 
May, June 
15 in. 
Bamboos 
3-15 ft. 
Hardy Grasses 
3" 1 5 ft- 
Petasites ( fragrans ) 
March, April 
1 ft. 
Petasites (Japanese 
4-5 ft- 
Colt’s Foot) 
Coreopsis (“Calliopsis”), one 
of the best yellow-flower¬ 
ing plants. Annual or 
perennial 
Sweet Alyssum, a favorite edging plant, is 
best planted where it will not lay over the 
edge of the lawn and interfere with the 
mower. Seeds may be sown now 
make this possible 
it must have room, 
not alone to grow 
and develop but to 
breathe, to receive 
its full measure of 
air and sunshine 
and rain and dew. 
Plants crowded 
closely together 
cannot receive any 
of these and never, 
unless at the ex¬ 
pense of some of 
their neighbors, at¬ 
tain their full per¬ 
fection of beauty. 
So in planting, 
each plant should 
stand alone in a 
little space of 
ground, anywhere 
from nine inches 
square up to two 
or more feet, ac¬ 
cording to the size 
of the plant. Nine 
inches of space is sufficient for a Pansy, but a Peony should 
have the full two feet allowed. 
Plants should remain out of the ground as short a time as 
possible, and the ground should be fully prepared before they 
are received from the florist or lifted from the home beds. If 
possible the holes for their reception should be dug in advance 
and, if the entire bed has not been remade, some well rotted 
manure should be worked into the earth in the hole and the 
addition of a little coarsely ground bone meal is often an ad¬ 
vantage; this is quite lasting in its effects and the plant will 
draw on this long after it has exhausted the manure in the soil. 
Place the plant in the hole, about as it stood in the ground 
before, draw up a portion of the earth and make it very firm 
about the roots—it can scarcely be too firm in the case of Roses: 
then fill the hole with water, no matter if the soil is wet; let 
this soak away, then fill in the remainder of the earth and leave 
it fine and dry about the plant. If the weather is dry a mulch 
of lawn clippings over the bed will be of benefit, or if late in 
the season a light dressing of strawy manure 
will do some good. 
The accompanying list of plants suitable for 
sunny, for shady and for moist places, will be 
of assistance in planning the planting of the 
garden. Many of the plants in the list of sun- 
loving plants will do well in partial shade, and 
some of the shade-loving plants will flourish in 
the open. 
While most of the seeds of hardy perennials 
may be planted in the open ground in the fall, 
immediately after they have ripened, it will be 
found a decided advantage if a coldframe is 
used for the work, as protection against extreme 
cold, storms and ice is insured. The frame 
need not be in any way elaborate—a rough en¬ 
closure of boards built on the south side of a 
building if convenient, or where it will have 
some protection from the prevailing winds and 
copyright, Detroit Publishing cn. storm, and covered with sash, or oiled cloth, 
A brilliant display of Perennial Phlox in the garden of Mr. Chauncey Olcott. Phlox 
clumps are best divided with a sharp spade when too compact 
(Continued on page 250) 
