House and Garden 
OUTDOOR CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
brilliant and delicate that one never tires of the flower, 
as we are likely to of commoner sorts. It makes 
a most magnificent display during June and July. 
Be sure to plant it. 
It is not generally known by the amateur florist 
that we have a class of chrysanthemums sufficiently 
hardy to stand a Northern winter, hut such is the case. 
They are not as large or rich in color as the more 
popular varieties grown in pots, but they are delight¬ 
ful flowers, for all that, and deserve a place in every 
border. 
So do the Funkias, better known as day lilies. 
These are as attractive in foliage as in flower, their 
rich green leaves, with deep indentations, forming 
an excellent groundwork against which to display 
their lovely pure white blossoms. 
If I were asked to name the best perennial, all 
things considered, I think my decision would be in 
favor of the hardy phlox. Such rich colors, such 
great masses of bloom, such luxuriance of growth 
is found in no other plant of its class. For six weeks 
or two months it makes the garden gay with its 
crimsons and carmines, its pale rose, lilac, 
mauve, and pure white bloom. Anybody can grow 
it. Do not overlook it. 
We have several excellent lilies that are at home in 
the border. Prominent among these is the old 
tiger lily, in tawny orange, spotted with brown, the 
candelabrum lily, soft yellow, and the dear old 
annunciation lilies, of purest white and most perfect 
shape. These are to the garden what the Bermuda 
lily is to the florist’s collection of Easter flowers. 
Coreopsis lanceolata is a most excellent bloomer, 
of rich yellow. It is valuable for cutting, having 
long flower-stalks. Phlox subulata — the “moss 
pink”—is one of our best hardy plants for edging 
beds and groups. Achillea rosea and A. aurea, rose 
and yellow,—are free and constant bloomers, well 
adapted for locations in the front row. 
Pyrethrum uhginosum, — the “giant daisy”—is, 
what its popular name would indicate, an overgrown 
daisy of rampant habit and wonderful freedom of 
bloom. It is a late bloomer. The new claimant for 
popular favor, Burbank’s Shasta daisy, ought to be 
given a place in all collections, as it blooms through¬ 
out the season, and is extremely valuable for cutting. 
