PREFACE 
) the uninitiated it seems foolish to talk about “ Fall 
planting.” Nature is about to take its “ annual sleep,” 
and one’s mind turns to the flowers that have passed, rather 
than to the flowers that are coming, and yet the arguments 
in favor of Fall planting of hardy stock are essentially 
sound. 
In the first place: Too often in the Spring, when all nature is 
starting into growth, there is too much work of every description to 
be done; the dealer and planter alike are in a frantic rush, and calm 
reflection is almost an impossibility. The enthusiast who is planning 
a hardy garden for the next year has made notes during the Summer 
on flowers he saw in bloom, and now is the time to put these notes 
into effect by compiling a list of plants for his Fall planting, while his 
memory on the subject is still fresh. Fall planting is best for most 
perennials, providing the work is done while there is still some warmth 
in the ground. When set out in the Fall the plants have time to 
adjust themselves in their new quarters and make considerable root 
before the cold weather sets in; then in the Spring, the moment 
conditions are favorable for growth, the plants are well established and 
ready to push right ahead, thereby giving much better results the 
first season. 
The following condensed list of perennials is guaranteed to give 
entire satisfaction when set out in the Fall. 
The advantage of the Hardy Perennials over tender stock is 
apparent even to the veriest novice. Perennials require no glass 
house for protection during the Winter, but reappear every Spring, 
to gladden the heart of the flower lover. 
By judicious selection of varieties, flowers can be had from the 
earliest Spring days until quite late in the Fall. They are always 
valuable to use for cut flowers, not to mention their decorative effect, 
and the beautiful sentiment that clings ’round so many of our old- 
fashioned hardy flowers. 
CHARLES H. TOTTY. 
