Show Why Not Save Yourself Some work Perennials Are Just the Trick By HENRY PREE FREE The latest in flowers seems to tobe tobe tobe be the aim of of too many gar gar- So often are these plants of transitory nature What most of us want are permanent perennials perennials perennials peren peren- nials which will wiil thrive for years in the same location without special special special cial care Not that these plants should be the commonest sort but rather the well-chosen well varieties varieties varieties va va- va- va and species which have proved their worth and beauty One cannot have every variety of flower There are at least 20 20 species of hardy wild plants and thousands of f varieties of o One ne such good goodOf goodof goodof of a Q gar garden e plants as iris roses S Series and peonies Some are suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able for special locations only and others are temperamental and therefore difficulty establish 1 lish with any degree of success The av average rage gardener must make his garden work a pleasure pleas pleas- ure and it is for him this article is written The energetic gardener gardener gardener gar gar- dener who does things the hard hardway hardway hardway way and derives his pleasures from an experimental garden gardenin in which he strives to grow only the most obstinate types of flowers flowers flowers flow flow- ers will not be interested Many of the better loved plants are biennials and must be re replanted replanted replanted re- re planted in order to serve their purpose These plants such uch as the foxglove sweet william Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Can Can- bells and columbine make seedlings which must be reset each year As one gardener expresses it if They are a labor of love with accent on the la la- la bor On the other hand one can plant lant varieties which will not stay within the bounds of their respective beds These plants soon crowd out those less robust more desirable Among this group we find the poppy plume-poppy achillea the pearl and many members of the mint fam tarn ily lly Aphis mildew borers bugs rust root rot mosaic and cut cutworms cutworms cutworms worms are among the many pests which rob the flower garden of much of its pleasure Everlasting spraying and dusting must be practiced otherwise the plants are sickly and no bloom appears to satisfy our demands Delphiniums Delphiniums Delphiniums Del Del- are among the most beautiful of all flowers but so much trouble is encountered that many gardeners have placed them in the list to discard Iris and lilies are subject to borers and mosaic respectively and are therefore disappointing much of the time A vote among nurserymen nurserymen nurserymen nur nur- revealed that they chose phlox in preference to iris and delphinium No one grower or t ga gad can give 2 a complete u list hg a ot I proof plants Trial and eti en the only method Ot Of course can also be guided by the ex ence of others Ji Plants Plant well in one locality Vb another Personal i likes might to fa likes also and playa play prominent In the e ch choice H However wever oner onet a always ways consider the height heffi Plant the T OJ month of the 4 bk the color and fragrance flower and its value oj of flower as ss a The following list is th the d of the well-known well grower phen Hamblin of the u Lez ton MasS Mas Botanic Botan tarr x March and April n crocus scilla pU naria nana dwarf anemone po Du mans man's breeches May May-iw Phlox daffodils bleeding hi k hI iris crown imperial U. U e corydalis trillium globe fIo- fIo common violet June Leis gas plant oriental poppy lily peach leaved bell beU fl p- p dianthus cor coral l bells Vero tufted pansy July c Ga Cu phlox bell bel flower shasta ii elf Japanese iris AUK Ang Mallow lams lily Septet Septen and October-Monkshood October i 1 England aster chrysanthem Japanese anemone golden i I and snakeroot i NEXT Tested NEXT Tested roses rosH |