PERENNIALS 
for 
Your Garden 
A border somewhat like the one 
pictured above is a very pleasing 
way to plant hardy perennials. 
If it can have a background of 
shrubs and small trees, so much the 
better. At any rate, it is practical 
as well as more attractive to locate 
such a planting along the edge of 
the lawn. Sometimes it may serve 
to screen a vegetable garden from 
the house. 
Ei 
Bleeding-Heart 
Perennials planted in groups of 
at least three of a kind make a 
better appearance than if only one 
is used. The plants should be given 
enough room to grow and to get 
sunshine and air. Keep the wilted 
blooms cut off, and you will have 
a beautiful showing outdoors as 
well as quantities of flowers to cut 
for the house. 
DAYLILIES »— 
DAHLIAS Here os the perfect plant for 
out-of-the-way spots where the 
These popular summer-flowering plants soil is not very good, where there is 
need to be put at the rear of a border, for not enough sunshine for many other 
they grow tall. Do not set out the tubers plants, and where cultivation is 
until all danger of frost is over. Give them likely to be scanty. For Daylilies 
rich soil and full exposure to the sun. A stake actually seem to thrive on neglect! 
driven into the ground at planting time is They spread rapidly and bloom 
a good idea; as the plants grow, they can be freely. You can hardly go wrong in 
tied up as protection from sudden storms. planting them. 
