A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS 
By J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT 
Doubleday, Page 6c Co., Publishers, 34 Union Square, New York 
Spc, S bp 10 1=2 inches, SO paces, 54 illustrations 
"Bounb in boarbs, truth robrr besien in colors, 51.60, net 
I9aper, SO cents, net 
I N a most artistic piece of book-making, with strong, convincing statements, full 
of the finest examples of the art photographic, and containing many practical 
and helpful plans and suggestions, A Plea for Hardy Plants is offered to the 
lovers of nature all over the land. The author has been for many years fighting 
the battle of permanence and variety, as opposed to the tender and monotonous 
plants now too largely used for home adornment. He argues for our native asters, 
lilies, hollyhocks and the hundreds of other beautiful plants that make Europeans 
exclaim in astonishment at the richness of our flora; and he adds to this ample 
provision the best hardy plants from all over the world. This simple and clear-cut plea, 
based on observation, experience and great 
skill, is enforced to the reader by very 
many beautiful illustrations, showing 
what can be done with hardy plants 
under proper and economical 
treatment. It is a suggestive 
work, which the amateur 
gardener will find very val¬ 
uable, and which ought 
to have wide influence. 
Reab tobat a feto of those 
tobo babe seen tfle boob, 
sap of it: 
Edgecombe. Chestnut Hill 
Philadelphia. Nov. 15. 1002 
Dear Sir: — I have read 
your delightful book " A Plea 
for Hardy Plants” through 
with (he greatest interest. It 
will fill a long-felt need in 
this country, not only with 
its plea for hardy plants, 
which every one should have, 
but in telling what has been 
hitherto impossible for ama¬ 
teurs to know, just -which 
plants should be chosen for 
their gardens from the thou¬ 
sands advertised in the cata¬ 
logues. I expect to make a 
HARDY ASTERS 
