CONTENTS. 
Introduction . 
Hardy Perennials from Seed 
The Rock Garden. 
Protecting Plants. 
Collections. 
Hardy Perennials. 
Lilies. 
Hardy Terrestrial Orchids. . 
Tender Bulbous Plants. 
Hardy Ferns. 
Vines, Trailers and Climbers 
Shrubs and Small Trees .... 
Roses. 
I he Bog and Water Garden 
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The following are a few of the public gardens and institutions which have had plants 
from my nurseries: 
West Chicago Park Commission, Chicago, 
Illinois. 
National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C. 
Department of Public Parks, N. Y. City. 
World’s Columbian Exposition Grounds, Chi¬ 
cago. 
Buffalo Botanic Garden, West Seneca, near 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Cambridge Park Commission, Cambridge, 
Mass. 
Cambridge Water Works, Cambridge, Mass. 
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, England. 
Royal Botanic Society, Regent’s Park, Eng. 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. 
Imperial Botanical Gardens, Berlin,Germany. 
Botanical Garden, Zurich, Switzerland. 
Botanic Garden, Rostock, Germany. 
Imperial Gardens, St. Petersburg, Russia. 
Park Commission, Hartford, Conn. 
Botanical Laboratory, Mt. Holyoke College, 
South Hadley, Mass. 
Botanic Garden, Jena, Germany, 
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Park Commission, Rochester, N. Y. 
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
Cherokee, Iroquois, and Shawnee Parks, 
Louisville, Ky. 
Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis. 
Botanical Garden of Harvard College. 
Department of Parks, Boston. 
Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
Botanical Garden, Darmstadt. Germany. 
Botanical Garden, Helsingfors, Finland. 
Royal Botanical Garden, Stockholm. Sweden. 
Botanical Garden, Vienna. Austria. 
Botanical Garden, Amsterdam, Holland. 
