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Show THE PERENNIAL FLOWER BED By JULIE ADAM8 POWELL. Last month wo talked about tho hardy bulbs. This month wo aro going go-ing to mako a flower border of perennial peren-nial plants, plants which sow their own seed and of plants that aro biennials, bien-nials, and wo aro going to buy or bog thorn all. Supposo wo havo a border from twenty to forty fcot In longth nnd from six to fifteen feet In depth. Or to fit our "estates," our border can bo mado much larger or vory much smallor. A bordor planted by n woman should not bo ovor twenty by eight feet In bIzo, for If sho did all tho work except ex-cept tho heavy digging, It might not bo possible for her to glvo a larger ono tho right and necessary care. Such a bordor should run north and south, and If posslblo, faco tho oast Tho background may bo of hollyhocks, both slnglo nnd double, golden-glow, tho slnglo tlgor lily, tho ever blooming bloom-ing llamo flower, tho tall mcadow-ruo, and tall meadow-sweet, sot out alternately. alter-nately. Then in front of theso nnd at least two feet from them wo will sot out tho pearl echlllca, some of tho columbines, colum-bines, tho cholco of which nro canadensis, cana-densis, chrysantha, chrysanthn alba, carulla hybrlda, skinned, and California Cali-fornia hybrldn. In tho center of this row a hydrangea hy-drangea pnnlculata grandlflora would bo very pretty, nnd to contlnuo tho row. hardy pompon chrysanthemums, tho several bluo varieties of larkspurs, moon penny daisies, Shasta daisies, fox gloves sweet Williams, coreopsis, lanccolata grandlflora and an almost doublo variety, called "tho golden flooco." Nlcotlna afflnls can bo planted In this row early next spring and from year to year It will sow Ub own seed nnd will como up so closo to whero tho old plants grew that it will not often need transplanting. Then wo will havo tho hardy gall-lardla, gall-lardla, gysophlla panlculata, or baby's broath, lavender, Lychnis, rose campion, cam-pion, monarda dtdyma splendens, also al-so called tho bee balm and robin runaway, run-away, tho Chlncso bell flower, the hardy perennial popples and tho garden gar-den heliotrope A doublo border wo will mako of two heights of plants, Betting tho taller tall-er ones a llttlo back of tho very low ones. Tho snap dragon, tho double anomono, tho mullein pink, tho sea pink, English daisies, tho harebell, Canterbury bolls, tho hardy doublo and slnglo pinks, tho polyanthus, tho hardy primroses and tho English cowslips cow-slips all will help to mako our hardy flower bed a "thing of beauty and a Joy forovor." Tho earth for a porcnnlal bordor should bo light and porous. Never try to ralso flowers in soggy, wot soil. As soon aa tho plants aro well rooted havo a forkful of well-decayed Btablo manuro spaded In well around each plant unlosB thoy nro vory rfmall plants, then uso your own good Judgment. Judg-ment. Just beforo freezing weather n mulch two or threo Inches deep of stablo manuro should bo spread over tho )d llttlo heavier about each plant, and If tho plants havo any spooky branches they should all bo trimmed back qulto closo. |