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floras, all of which are desirable and not too expensive to use in quantity for naturalizing. On my own grounds I have used 
some twenty 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, G_esneriana,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 
disappear entirely after the second year. On the 
contrary, twenty years ago I knew a florist who 
planted on a stony hillside thousands of exhausted 
tulipTulbs 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 laud 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 
and 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 M arch 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 thousand, to be effective. 
Equally charming is the exquisite blue Scilla 
Sibirica, which blooms a little later; it also re¬ 
quires close planting. Scillas are all good, espe¬ 
cially the varieties of S. campanulata, which pro¬ 
duce rather large spikes of blue, white or pink 
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 chion- 
odoxa. No one will regret planting good-sized 
masses of Chionodoxa Lucilice, which covers the 
ground early in the spring with a carpet of ex¬ 
quisite blue and white bloom. 
When it comes to hardy herbaceous plants, both 
native and 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 
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 the different varieties 
of Phlox subulata 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 September, 
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. Sieboldii, ranging from pure white to deep purple. The polyanthus section, P. veris, are among the earliest of spring flowers 
Our bright and cheerful native Columbine, Aquilegia 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. 
NARCISSUS POETICUS IS A GOOD KIND FOR NATURALIZING 
OTHER CHOICE HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWERS AND SHRUBS SUITABLE FOR NATURALIZING 
Butterflv-weed. 
Orange or yellow day-lilies. 
Sweet rocket. 
New England aster, rosy variety. 
Aster Tataricus. 
Maximilianus. 
Anemone Pennsylvanica. 
Japanese anemones, white. 
Lamarck’s evening primrose. 
English daisy. 
Doronicum plantagineum , var. 
Tris Psendacorus. [exeelsum. 
Iris versicolor. 
Iris Sibirica, var. sanguinea . 
Cardinal flower. • 
Li/thrmn roseum. 
Marshmallow. 
Joe-pve-weed. 
Giant knotweed. 
Forget-me-not. 
Lungwort, or Mertensia, 
Goat’s heard (Spirwa aruncus) 
Thalictrum. 
Wild grape. 
Wild clematis 
Azalea. 
Rhododendron. 
Laurel f Katmia latifolia). 
