INDEX 
GOR ea dene nes reameae voice dai: 19 
Amory lisse etre nstircae 14 
Anchusa ...... re 
Anthemis .... mae 
Aquilegia .... ina 
Arabis ........ a 4 
Arborvitae .. paca] 
Ashes 2 orctiys ice eaue a 
Astilbe @.cicsoea core 10 
Azalea ........... =) 6) 
Baby’s Breath .... 30 
Balloon Flower ..... eed) 
Beauty Bush ........ .. 18 
Begonia, Tuberous......... 
Bleeding Heart .............. 
Blue: Spires ice <atr-c<sfeseret 
Buddleia .......... 
Butterfly Shrubs 
Campanulag ice. 5. asst 
Candytuft 
Caryopteris 
Christmas Rose 
Chrysanthemum 
Chrysanthemum Maximum 5 
Clethra Anifolia 
Columbine) ..2..-5-2:002.c000. 
Coral! Bollsizccscrrecsscusaats 
Cornus aecmenhes 
Cotoneaster ......... 
Cydoniatitn. ata 
Daphne ... 
Day Lilies ....... << 
Delphinium ................. 
Deutzia! srjenc.stowitesns cs 
Dianthus . 
Dicentra ............ 
Dictamnus ........ 
Dogwood .... 
Doronicum .. ae 
Evonymusigncec-peceenctennee- 
Firethorny ;..ese-ee.c0-ceeee:- 
Flowering Crab ..... 
Flowering Fence ... 
Flowering Quince . 
Forsythial ss.o-c, access 
Fraises des Bois . 
Gaillardia 
Germander ... 
Geum Tt. cicseteue 
Gladiolicsn.-cne 
Gold Drop 
Gypsophila 
Hawthorn 
Helleborous ................-- 6 
Hemerocallis ................ 7 
Hemlock .......... 
Herbs?-...---- 
Heuchera .. 
Hibbiscusieccs-sstecse are. cene 
Honeysuckle ........... fee 
Hydrangea 
Hypericum ... 
Iberis:trcccc.+- 
Mex ei trees 
Iris, German .. oF 
Ieis;eJa pick nteeiceraasncass-ce 
Iris, Kaempferi 
Jacob’s Ladder ... 
Juniper .......... : 
Kalman een anes 
Kolkwitzia ipso: 
Laurell .2...-..: 
Liatris ...... 
Eilacsiten.s 
Lonicera . 
Lupine ... 
Mollusi) cie.ccuscscrertec ets tene 
Michaelmas Daisy .......... 2 
Mock Orange .............-.- 17 
Mountain Andromeda ....19 
Peonyiecs soe rene tessa 
Philadelphus 
Phioxseecsees a 
Pirie src tteesusiiaserewsacantoraaee 
Plaintain Lily ................ 6 
Platycodon “a 
Polemonium . 
Polygonum 
Potéentillaees forte sence 
Prunusicrn es 
Pyracantha ... me 
Pyrethrum ...... aiid 
Rhododendron .............. 19 
Roses 
Climbersicccstes: .evessae= 13 
Floribunddles reas 12 
Hybrid Perpetual ...... 13 
Hy bridileairniecsecac..at 12 
Rose of Sharon.............. 15 
Scablosa werret-2 cn scree: 10 
Sedum ......... * 
Shasta Daisy.................. 5 
Spirea 
Stokesia . 
WOXUS Pspsaaee 
TOUCHTIGM) Gesenuais-cesch=s 10 
UL ioe tet ndececstantpancaenrers 
Tritoma 
Veronica 
Macslea Siesce dnc eeeeccncane Satsan 
Weigelia .. 
Willow 
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ie Strip P. eentiate Biel bee 
Here is a device for using perennials economically 
and for maximum effect. You can put as many plants in 
a border 18” wide and almost 11 feet long as you can in 
a 4’ x 4’ border. Moreover, the Strip Border is hugely 
versatile — it needs no background of brick or ever- 
greens, it can wind around a pool or along a walk, it 
can reach out in perspective and requires nothing but 
itself to draw attention. There is no problem of work- 
ing in it—the Strip Border can be refurbished, culti- 
vated, pruned or sprayed from either side without put- 
ting a foot on it. Also, there is a planning challenge 
that few deep borders present — you can plant for color 
and form in full perspective. A mildly profane, elderly, 
ex-seafaring man in Bridgeport, an excellent gardener, 
says “This strip perennial border business is a helluva 
fine invention.’ (We marvel at our own ingenuity.) 
Plant bulbs (Narcissi, Tulip, Lilies) about every six 
feet (the area used for them need not be more than 
1-foot of the strip) and, instead of overplanting the bulbs 
with perennials, we use annuals which become summer- 
long bright splotches of color. You can edge one or 
both sides; in fact there isn’t anything you can‘t do 
with it. Clumps of blending German Iris and an oc- 
casional Peony should be planted in August and Septem- 
ber. Fall, of course, is the time for refurbishing and 
putting in bulbs. Underplant the whole business with 
low-growing annuals the first year because perennials 
cannot be expected to come into their own until after 
they have been in place one season. 
If you want to start from scratch here is a Strip Border, 
specially priced, to plant the above landscape plan. 
114’ x 15’ Strip Border of Perennials $24.50 
Note: The numeral before each variety is the key to the plan 
above; the numeral after the variety indicates quantity. 1 
Iberis Purity 3; 2 Veronica Blue Spires 3; 3 Iris Ming Yellow 4; 
4 Daisy Mt. Shasta 2; 5 Delphinium Blue Bird 1; 6 Hemerocallis 
Hyperion 3; 7 Heuchera Mary Rose 3; 8 Phlox Von Lassburg 4; 
9 Iris Great Lakes 3; 10 Veronica White Spires 2; 11 Delphin- 
ium Summer Skies 1; 12 Heuchera Perry’s White 3; 13 Hemero- 
callis Linda 3. Thirty-five plants; 13 varieties—value about 
$35.00. Included with each order, no charge, will be 15 Marie 
Antoinette Fraises des Bois, making a total of 50 plants. 
White Flower Farm SPRING, 1954 1 
