HARDY PERENNIALS 
15 
age plants, may be used for contrastive emphasis, or 
as the background for lower perennials, or in front of 
shrubs. The blossoms are in white, pink-lavender, 
and rose, with intermediate shades, while the throats 
of the individual flowers are heavily splashed with 
vivid color. 
Flame Flower or Tritoma Pfitzeri. This is a plant of 
many scorching names, but is able to blaze its way 
through them all. It is variously called Flame Flower, 
Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily. Its names are very vivid; 
the plant itself is even more so. It is of tropical as¬ 
pect, with rush-like, grassy, drooping foliage, dense 
and beautiful. Smooth, thick flower stalks shoot up 
from the foliage in late July or August to a height of 3 
feet or more, at the end of which is a fiery cone of 
orange-scarlet flowers up to 12 inches long, a hundred 
blossoms more or less to the cone. The plant and 
flower are beautiful in form, and at the same time are 
aggressively conspicuous. Its size, peculiar form and 
beauty and vivid coloring make this plant one of 
commanding beauty, an outstanding highlight in 
every situation it adorns. It is therefore very fine 
when used as a specimen here and there in the green 
shrubbery, where it will be as prominent as a light¬ 
house in a fog. It is excellent in the border to give 
emphasis and to separate other varieties of plants; 
may be used almost anywhere with good effect. 
Planted in large masses on a hill-side it looks like a 
fiery sunset. It is of the same orange-scarlet as the 
Oriental Poppy, and we strongly recommend planting 
them together. When the Poppies go to sleep in July 
the Flame Flower will take up the blazing color stand¬ 
ard and carry on till October. The plant will grow 
anywhere, but should be taken up in the Fall and put 
in dry sand in a cool cellar. An advantage in this is 
that the roots may be placed where most needed each 
Spring. They may be thoroughly mulched and left in 
the ground if desired, which is sometimes the easier 
way when they are planted in large masses. 
•Forget-Me-Not (Myosoti^. One of the finest old- 
fashioned flowers. A blue flower and quite a profuse 
bloomer; dwarf and compact habit. Blossoms in the 
spring and continues most of the summer. Requires 
plenty of shade. Very suitable as a ground covering 
among evergreens in bulb beds. 
Garden Carnations. Very useful and popular for 
flower and rock garden also border. Gives a riot of 
color in great abundance in June and July. Its 
spicy fragrance is very alluring. Lovely for cutting. 
•Garden Pinks, Hardy (Dianthus Plumarius). It 
has come into great favor because of its delicious per¬ 
fume, and for old times’ sake. The pink grows to a 
height of from six inches to one foot. It is very hardy, 
and exceedingly useful where plants of low growth are 
required. It is excellent as a border for flower beds of 
any sort, or for bordering garden paths. It blossoms 
in May and June and on through the summer if cut. 
The foliage is grasslike, gray in color, and very beau¬ 
tiful. Its flowers are almost an inch across in various 
colors, pink, purple, white, and variegated, with 
fringed petals and have a spicy, penetrating odor that 
lingers in the air at noon or evening, or fills a room 
with a most delicate, delightful perfume. It will grow 
almost anywhere, but prefers a sunny, dry location. 
It is a free bloomer, is fine for cutting; one of the best 
small plants for the rock garden. 
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower). Giant Hybrid, Im¬ 
proved Strain Gaillardia Aristata. One of the most 
conspicuous and decorative of all the perennials. 
Grows to 1to 2 feet in height. Blossoms in June in 
At the left U illuetmted a new type of rock garden, a planting 
at the front where it may be enjoyed and admired by all. 
wonderful profusion and continues to blossom till 
November, on ample, sturdy, self-supporting stems. 
Both the size and color of the blooms nave been im¬ 
proved over the older sorts until this is now one of the 
most gorgeous flowers in the list. Flowers are daisy¬ 
like in form, two and three inches across in gorgeous 
colors. The center of the flower is a dark red-brown, 
or maroon, while the petals are orange, crimson, red, 
yellow or copper, shading into rings of color, making 
it a most conspicuously beautiful and showy plant. 
The plant has dense tufts of drooping leaves. Is 
hardy and may be grown anywhere, but seems to suc¬ 
ceed best in a rather light soil. Especially fine for cut 
flowers because of its unusual colors and because its 
blossoms last a long time in water. When used in a 
border it may be placed near lighter yellow with very 
good effect. Beautiful for bordering paths. A very 
satisfactory plant. 
Gay Feather. See Blazing Star. 
•Geurn. Useful hardy perennials which succeed well 
in good, ordinary soils in a sunny position. Should 
have plenty of moisture in the summer to bloom to 
best advantage, 
•Geum Mrs. Bradshaw. Large, double flowers of fiery 
orange-red. Blooms nearly all summer. 
•Geum Lady Stratheden. A new introduction which 
is very similar in size and shape to Mrs. Bradshaw 
but the color is a rich golden yellow. 
Golden Glow. The golden-yellow Rudbeckia or Cone 
Flower. Grows five to seven feet high. Foliage deep¬ 
ly cut, handsome bright green. Flowers are fine 
golden-yellow, very double, resembling large hardy 
chrysanthemums. It is very hardy, will grow any- 
DIGITALIS OR FOXGLOVE 
Iteautifiil and atatmly 
