4 HARDY PERENNIALS 
Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
How to Select Plants for Special Places 
There is so much inquiry for plants to grow in certain positions, like dark, shady, wet 
or dry places, or open sunny spots, tliat we have so marked the several kinds in tliis 
catalogue, designating each kind I)y a special sign. This will enable our customers to 
make their selections witliout reading jjages of descrij)tions. 
m All plants desirable for growing in dark, shady places, shut out from the sunlight, 
are marked witii this sign (;*;). Very few of tlie old garden plants will thrive in such a 
]>lace, but most of the i lardy Ferns of New England, and several of the best wild flowers 
are at home here; the little nook by tlie porch, shut away from the sunlight, the deep 
shade of the great lawn tree, where even grass will not grow, the wooded bank, are all 
places to beautify with this class of plants. 
This sign means that the plant is adapted for the low, wet places where sedges 
crowd out the grasses, and bulrushes thrive; Lobelias, Marsh Marigolds, Iris, Sarra- 
cenias, Mentha, Lvthrum, etc., find here a congenial home. 
^All the old garden plants, tliose to grow in beds or borders, like Campanulas, 
Aquilegias, those best suited for open, sunny places, desiring, for the most part, a moist, 
yet well-drained soil in the open sun, are marked 
^ Plants marked with a are adapted for dry woods. Many of the Asters and 
Golden-rods will thrive here. Most of them come in late summer, when other flowers 
are passed; they do cpiite well, also, in drv, o[)en places. 
Occasionally will be seen two of the signs against the same plant; this means that 
tfie plant seems to do equally well in both positions. 
Should your place present any unusual conditions, please remember that our Service 
Department will advise you how to solve your problems. 
