THYMELIACEAE 
Daphne: The garland flower; very free flowering shrubs with delicious 
fragrance. They like deep soil, abundant water in their growing 
season; they like sun and wind but not icy blasts and they must like 
you and your garden. 
Daphne Blagayana. Prostrate tangled branches terminating in balls of 
creamy sweet scented flowers in March, $3.00. 
D. Cneorum. If pleased it forms great tuffets of leafy branches, each one 
ending in a cluster of deep pink flowers. ,50-$1-50. 
D. C. var. With variegated leaves; perhaps more amenable and just as 
free flowering. .50-$!.50. 
D. Mezereum. Fragrant red-purple flowers encrust the upright branches 
in Feb. before the leaves appear. Scarlet fruits in summer. 75c. 
VBOLACEAE 
Viola gracilis. From mountains of Asia Minor; flowers of dark purple 
velvet, the petals upstanding with a very saucy come-hither air. 
Blooms throughout summer and fall. 25c. 
Viola rosin a. A trailing violet with rose-red flowers from spring till fall. 
25c. 
ABOUT PERENNIALS 
A perennial border is as important to the perfect garden as is grass. 
They supply quantities of blossoms for the house and provide a long 
season of color with only a minimum of care. While they will give satis¬ 
faction with a small amount of care, superior results can be obtained by 
providing a rich soil, frequently dividing the roots of most kinds during 
the dormant season and removing the faded flowers during the blooming 
season. 
Perennials are of variable nature and will respond differently to dif¬ 
ferent environments. An extra rich soil with plenty of moisture and par¬ 
tial shade will as much as double the height. Drought or impoverished 
soil will have the opposite effect. A sheltered position hastens the bloom¬ 
ing season and prolongs it in the fall. The removal of old flowers not 
only lengthens the blossoming season but will help to keep the flowers up 
to their maximum size. In some plants the removal of a few inches of the 
growing tips in spring increases the sturdiness of the plant as well as the 
number of flowers. 
BORDER PERENNIALS 
Alstromeria aurantiaca. 3 foot; orange flowers in June; excellent for cut 
flower, 25c. 
Anchusa italica. 4 foot; branching sprays, deep blue. June and July. 25c. 
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