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thousand or more of these kinds, and the daffodil 
season, which is also the magnolia season, is the 
most delightful in our calendar. 
Some claim that tulips are not suitable for 
naturalizing, and I will admit that the striped and 
variegated sorts are not at home in any natural 
planting; but the self-colored sorts are entirely fit, 
and what can be finer than those glorious late 
tulips, Gesneriana and Bouton d’Or, blooming in 
the tall grass. But they will not do any good in wet 
ground. I have planted thousands, and they disap¬ 
pear entirely after the second year. On the contrary, 
twenty years ago I knew a florist who planted on a 
stony hillside thousands of exhausted tulip bulbs 
which he had forced for cut-flowers. That he would 
get results from such stock I thought was extremely 
doubtful, and told him so. He replied that it was 
waste land and waste bulbs, and he could afford to 
take the chance. After a year or two the tulips 
commenced to bloom freely and are still blooming 
every spring among the grass anti weeds, which have 
vainly striven to choke them out. 
The snowdrops are perhaps the most delightful 
of all bulbs for naturalizing, on account of their 
blooming in March before there is a sign of life in 
wood, field or garden. They can be planted on the 
lawn, but the most effective way of using them is 
to plant thickly around the trunks of trees in open 
woods. As the lovely white flowers are very small, 
the bulbs must be planted thickly and by the thou¬ 
sand, to be effective. 
Equally charming is the exquisite blue Scilln 
Sibirica, which blooms a little later; it also requires 
close planting. Seillas are all good, especially the 
varieties of S. campanulata, which produce rather 
large spikes of blue, white or [link flowers and are 
among the latest of the spring-flowering bulbs to 
bloom. Equal in daintiness are the grape hyacinths 
and the various kinds of chionodoxa. No one will 
regret planting good sized-masses of Chionodoxa 
Lucilice, which covers the ground early in the spring 
with a carpet of exquisite blue and white bloom. 
When it comes to hardy herbaceous plants, 
both native anil exotic, suitable for naturalizing, 
the list is almost endless. I must be content to tell 
of a few things that I have found especially effec¬ 
tive. First in usefulness, perhaps, are our native 
phloxes. Phlox divaricata, known as wild sweet 
william, grows in great abundance over a large 
section of this country. It is easy to collect and Narcissus Poeticus is a good kind for naturalizing 
transplant, and its graceful habit and sweet-scented 
light purple flowers make it very attractive: it will thrive in either sun or shade. Phlox Carolina, a rare species from the South, 
is identical with P. divaricata, in foliage and habit but with the bluest flowers of any phlox. P. replans is a very dwarf variety 
with pinkish flowers, and both it and P. Carolina will grow well in either sun or shade. Millions of geraniums are planted annually, 
yet with different varieties of P. svbulata, or moss pink, color effects can be produced not to be equaled in any way by the most 
lavish use of geraniums. Yet the first cost of the phlox is much less than that of geraniums, and its first cost is its only cost, as 
nothing increases more rapidly and nothing is hardier. The Germans describe it as “winter-hart”, that is, hardy in winter, and 
it is absolutely so in every situation. It can be used advantageously in more ways than any other plant I know of, but is seen at 
its best when used to cover a steep, rocky bank. It is evergreen and its foliage covers the ground as completely as the grass of a 
lawn, and when it is in bloom in May it is a solid sheet of pink or white bloom, which lasts for a month. It blooms again in Septem¬ 
ber, but not so freely. The colors are light to deep pink, purplish pink, pure white and white with pink center, and I have had 
recently a blue variety from England which promises to be valuable. 
Among the most beautiful scenes in England are the meadows and orchards filled with the common yellow primroses, Primula 
vulgaris, in the spring. This charming flower is equally hardy in this country, and so are the Japanese primroses, P. Japonica and 
P. Sieboldi, ranging from pure white to deep purple. The polyanthus section, P. veris, arc among the earliest of spring flowers. 
Our bright and cheerful native Columbine, Aquilcgia Canadensis, has been naturalized over a large section of our country, and 
is well worth consideration in any scheme of natural gardening. It is quite happy in sun or partial shade. 
The same is true of Aquilegia ccerulea, A. chrysantha, A. glandulosa and of any of the wild varieties. 
Other Choice Hardy Perennial Flowers and Shrubs Suitable for Naturalizing 
Butterfly-weed. 
Orange or yellow day-lilies. 
Sweet rocket. 
New England aster, rosy variety. 
Aster Tcitaricus. 
Maximilianus. 
A nemone Pennsylvanica. 
Japanese anemones, white. 
Lamarck’s evening primrose. 
English daisy. 
Doronicum plantagincuw , var. 
Iris Pscndacorus. (excelsum. 
Iris versicolor. 
Iris Silririca, var. sanguined. 
Cardinal flower. 
Lythrum rosea m. 
Marshmallow. 
Joe-pve-weed. 
Giant knot weed. 
Forget-me-not. 
Lungwort, or Mertensia. 
Goat’s beard ( Spirtra aruncus). 
Thalictrum. 
Wild grape. 
Wild clematis. 
Azalea. 
Rhododendron. 
Laurel ( Kalrnia loti folia). 
