
Over 12,000,000 perennial plants 
were growing under these cloths 
fast October and will be ready 
for shipping this spring. 
pean’ in the coldest parts of the 
nited States. They fit in with all 
kinds of landscape plantsand add 
color and beauty to any home place, 
all out of proportion to their small 
cost. A few dollars invested in per- 
ennials will go farther and give more 
pleasure and enjoyment than double 
the amount in any other kind of 
planting. If you are already growing 
perennials you know of the pleasure 
and satisfaction they give and how 
each plant gets to be an old friend as 
you watch their development, year 
after year, with the most absorbing 
interest. You are always alert and 
anxious to secure other varieties to 
add to your collection and so make 
new friends, that will give you a 
larger variety of flowers and cover a 
longer period of blooming. The more 
you have the greater is your enjoy- 
ment. 
If you are not a Perennial fan, I 
urge you to start a few plants this 
geason. By selecting some of the 
most popular varicties like Oriental 
Poppies, Sweet William, Canterbury 
Bells, Delphiniums, Hollyhocks, 
Hardy Lilies, Shasta Daisy, Linum, 
Lychnis, Hesperis, ctc., you cannot 
help but be successful and you are 
sure to be greatly pleased as the 
plants develop and grow great loads 
of beautiful flowers from year to 
' year, with but little care and atten- 
tion. 
Most perennials do best 
when grouped together with 
plants 6 to 12 inches apart. 

‘Young SHASTA DAISIES show- 
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ALL ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS CATALOGUE 
If set in rows across a bed, 
have the plants about 8 inches 
apart in rows and the rows 12 to 15 
inches apart. If single hedge row or 
border effect is wanted, either set a — 
single or double row with plants 8 — 
inches apart alternately. Where & 
single clump effect is wanted it is 
better to set three to five plants 4 to 
6 inches apart, so that they will 
grow together and give the effect of - 
one large plant. In planning where 
to set your plants, notice the heights — 
given after name of each variety. 
This is an average ultimate height 
of plants when in blossom. Then plan 
to set the larger growing varicties in 
background and the smaller sorts in 
front. { 
Perennial plants should be 
set in the ground the same_ 
depth or just a trifle deeper 
than they stood in nurseries. 
Dig holes deep enough so that 
the roots of the plants can go straight © 
down into the soil to their full 
length. We advise the use of Peat _ 
Humus for putting in holes around © 
bottom part of roots. A good way to” ; 
do is to dig hole, place plant in posi- © 
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tion, throw ina "handful of Peat, fill 

HARDY ASTERS in foreground. 
Blackberry Lily and Delphinium 
bloom showing in the distance. 
in earth up to within an inch or so 
of ground level. Then fill hole with 
Miracle Grow Nutrient Solution 
(see page 22) and let it soak away. 
Then fill in with earth to ground 
level, firming and smoothing soil 
with hands. If hot and dry weather 
conditions prevail when plants are 
set, shade for a few days until they 
become established. Complete 
Transplanting and Cultural direc- 
tions are sent with each shipment 
from our Nurseries. 
HARDY PERENNIAL 
PLANTS 
Here you will find a list of 
our Perennial Plants, ar- 
ranged Alphabetically for easy 
reference. 
‘Varieties particularly 
adapted for Rock Gardens 
have an X following the name. 
Prices are for field grown 
three 
years old, or strong divisions, 

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