The Garden of Hardy Flowers 
Spircea palmata and S. alba are lovely flowers, the Of course it would be impossible to mention all 
first-named a soft pink, the other a cream white. desirable hardy plants in an article of this length. 
I have spoken of a 
few of the kinds 
I consider best 
adapted to general 
culture. 
Those the amateur 
may feel justified in 
undertaking to grow. 
They are kinds which 
succeed in most soils, 
and are entirely har¬ 
dy throughout the 
North. Protection is 
not absolutely neces¬ 
sary for any of them, 
but it is always advi¬ 
sable, for if it is given, 
heaving of the soil 
from the action of 
frost is prevented, 
and that means pre¬ 
vention of broken 
and loosened roots— 
a condition almost 
certain to result when 
the soil about a plant 
is not covered with 
several inches of lit¬ 
ter in the fall. 
Bear in mind that 
success in the growing 
of flowers depends largely upon the intimate rela¬ 
tions existing between the gardener and his plants. 
Each plant should be studied individually. 
The individual blos¬ 
soms are very small, 
but there is such a 
multitude of them in 
a panicle that the ef¬ 
fect is quite that of a 
great pink or white 
plume, held well above 
the lovely, dark green 
foliage, which grows 
in such profusion at 
the base of the plant. 
The perennial as¬ 
ters are superb plants 
for garden use. These 
are our native wdd 
asters domesticated 
or varieties grown 
from seed of the most 
satisfactory kinds. 
Some of them grow to 
a height of eight feet, 
others four and five, 
and some are dainty 
little things admirably 
adapted to front-row 
planting. These small 
sorts are generally 
blue and white, with 
yellow centers, and 
are really the loveliest 
of the entire family, though the tall growers are 
grand decorative plants, with purple, rosy-violet, and 
lavender flowers, always effective if properly placed. 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY 
A Stately Row of Annunciation Lilies 
