Notes of tnterest 
We are including these notes in our 
new catalog to help home gardeners in 
the Greater Washington area establish 
gardens that can be depended upon to 
give a more satisfactory show for the en- 
tire season. 
Some of the plants described here are 
new varieties that have proven superior, 
others are older varieties that are not as 
well known and widely used as they 
should be, and others have the character- 
istics of adaptability to a wide range of 
conditions, favorable and unfavorable. 
We introduce them to you, you intro- 
duce them to your garden. Using these 
plants and bulbs as a foundation, the 
garden can be completed with other de- 
sirable perennials, bulbs, and annuals. 
This way, your garden will be in continu- 
ous bloom, regardless of the success you 
have with hard to grow favorites and 
oddities that most gardeners like to try. 
FOR THAT SHADY SPOT— 
HELLEBORUS | 
To bring interest into your garden 
where it is a little too shady for most per- 
ennials, we highly recommend the CArist- 
mas Rose, or Helleborus. ‘Vhriving in a 
shady location, in well drained but con- 
tinuously moist soil, this perennial blooms 
in our climate from December through 
February. Flowers are large and single, 
in white and reddish purple colors. 
As cutflowers the Christmas Roses are 
very unusual and long-lasting. The foli- 
age is leathery and evergreen, attractive 

all summer. Unless you already have a 
lime soil, the Christmas rose usually bene- 
fits by the addition of a little lime. 
PHLOX DIVARICATA 
Wonderful Perennial Ground Cover 
To solve the question of a perennial 
ground cover in your Spring-flowering 
bulb beds, try Phlox Divaricata. Not to 
be confused with the original small-leaved 
strain, this new Phlox Dvivaricata has 
proven hardy through hot summer or cold 
winter, provided its location is fairly well 
drained. This is truly a far superior strain 
of Phlox Divaricata. 
Very little used, this phlox is valuable 
enough for its year ’round evergreen foli- 
age. In the Spring it presents its blue 
flowers all during the tulip season. The 
“‘tie 
flowers are on stems tall enough to 
in” even with the leggiest tulips, yet not 
at all in the way of any of the lower 
growing bulbs. Does very well in part 
shade, and stands our hot summers, even 
if planted in full sun. 
ASTER FRIKARTI ONE OF 
THE FINEST 
A very nice blue or lavender-blue 
flower that does nicely in this area is 
Aster Frikart:. Very easily grown in or- 
dinary garden soil, it makes an excellent 
show in either full sun or part shade. The 
flowers are single, 2 to 2% inches across, 
and the plants grow about 2 to 2% feet 
tall. Blooms profusely all summer long. 
We consider this one of the finest and 
most reliable perennials for any garden. 


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