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Show IMOKKWI AI.S Milt Vorit "IIAIt- dv itoitDKit si:i.io( t tii i:m Tho tlinn to mtlt'ct plants fur your tuirdy-KiirdiMi 1h rlht now. No mutter how koihI a iutalo('iin I tuny bo; nor how vivid llm di'siTip-tlon di'siTip-tlon of the inirrc'ry uki'iiI. tlwy cannot can-not kIv' you the miuio ldoa of lie : beauty of u Mower, us' you can net I by actually seeing It in bloom. To know you must see No other Ikvwers lire yo siitlnl'ac-tory siitlnl'ac-tory us the hardy perennials but Just because they do last so Iihik, special euro should bo taken to select se-lect tho ones you ure going to want. I before you plunt. For tho next few weeks ninny of the hardy (lowers will be it t their height. Among the tilings to look , for from now on, until mid-summer, include Columbine, Sw t William. : Iris. Japanese Astllbe, Trim Forget-me-not. Coreopsis. I.ark Spur, lilanli-tt lilanli-tt Flower, Day Lily, IMox. and Peony. Pe-ony. No garden can lie entirely hiic i !."-ful !."-ful unless It contains ut least Home perennials. Trees and shrubs are necessary In-deed, In-deed, as are annual flowers, but no place can be perfectly complete without at leiift somp perennials. The perennials will give your garden gard-en that settled, msde-to-stay effect which the annual flowers alone cannot can-not give, no matter how lieau' ful hey may be. Perennials, if properly proper-ly planted, like tho trees and tin shrubbery, will really liecome "part of tho place." In order to make them part of the nluce. however, do not make no delated de-lated garden out of them, but plant them In thoughtfully arranged hmls or borders which will fit In with the other fentures of the place, such ns shrubbery, walks and drives. While tending your flowers during dur-ing this coming summer, take notice I of the general seltln gof your house. r.anlcii ami place, anil begin to plan your garden of i e n n n la I :i on i : i j -1-. M.iike a rough id.elch of Hie. In-ds ol Itoi'delrt u;i you would like to Her them mil I ! i -1 1 gradually Ihrougli Hie mui; i Mi r moalliH, di'c.d'-il upon the hcciI ir uli'.nl:'. whl'li you '.voulil Iile I ' iee 1 1 1 .i 1 1 ! i 1 1 III them. The Hummer moniliM an I lie lnoiiih in which you idiould he plant lug your perennial garden for then Is the time to malic en iinilei:iiandlni' choice oi vai'ie! r:;. when you will pi'obald.i' have an oppori u n : I y or will make some oppoi" niih y to see dilll-ri'in dilll-ri'in perennln1:! j.i'oujng i-iilier at a florlHt's n u I'sei i ma u '- cr in 'out friend's garde is. ThvH mi t li 1 1. 1 of cboo:ing 'otir jier-etinhils jier-etinhils will nave you iio- iblj' future regrets, after (he flowers n n. up am1 growing N'o matter how accurate the catalogue ib-i rlpt Ion may he you can never ir'iially tell about tin real nhape, size height, color and gen eral charm of the (lowers until yoc have actually become familiar with 'lo ni. growing In a garden. Since the matter of a uerennial gaiab n ;u:i give you d isa ppnint lne'lt or sati'-l'ac tion for years and years to come, I' Is surely wor'hv of del h.-ra t ion , and not Mimethinn to be settled hesiih nnd thoughtlessly. l!y studying (he Movers now am planning for yen'' hanl -gare'-n, yoi can ge". the 'i!'ial ganli-n of you: 'reams, rather th.-e a iruv gnes patch- orl: plain in e, wbi ' ill tall sluirt of your ex p' lit at ions. Am! p" riber i'mi i.itisi of tie lerennials ma he had "pi t - grown " o that they i ,,n I -danteil at air ason of the yi ar. i '.a n wl.' n in full looni. Van !;.:: have se!1M. plade u yrnir garden where you loke :ni-nediate :ni-nediate results. |