. Catalog of hardy perennials shrubs, vines, roses, hedge plants evergreen trees small fruits and garden roots with illustrations and comments : no. 1. Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Perennials Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New Jersey Little Silver. J. T. LOVE'lT, UTTLE SILVER, N. J. 3 though Pine or even Hemlock will last for a g-ood many years, since the wood is not ex- posed to the action of the air. Preparation of ttie Soil.—As the ground to be planted is to remain undisturbed for a num- ber of years, the soil shou
. Catalog of hardy perennials shrubs, vines, roses, hedge plants evergreen trees small fruits and garden roots with illustrations and comments : no. 1. Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Perennials Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New Jersey Little Silver. J. T. LOVE'lT, UTTLE SILVER, N. J. 3 though Pine or even Hemlock will last for a g-ood many years, since the wood is not ex- posed to the action of the air. Preparation of ttie Soil.—As the ground to be planted is to remain undisturbed for a num- ber of years, the soil should be thoroughly prepared. It should be spaded to a depth of at least a foot—a foot and a half to two feet is better—given a liberal supply of well rotted manure and the sur- face carefully pulver- ized If old rotted manure or compost is not to be obtained readily, use finely ground bone or bone meal freely. Arrangement and Se" lection of Varieties.— Though sometimes ^ardy Perennials Colonized planted as specimens upon the lawn or in the garden, Hardy Per ennials are usually grouped in beds or borders planted wholly with them or in connection with Hardy Shrubbery. In a bed, avoid straight lines as much as possible. When made at the side of a lawn or any place where the sur- roundings will permit, form the outer edge of the bed in graceful curves. A large number of varieties of Hardy Perennials succeed admirably and present delightful effects when properly planted in rock gardens—and by rock gardens I do not mean those excrescences upon the face of the earth in the form of an aggregation of pieces of stone, broken crockery, plant-torturing ccnstruction and bad taste termed "Rockeries," all too frequently met with—but rocks placed in such a manner as to truly represent nature and with due regard for the well being of the plants. In making a selection of varieties and placing them, it should be borne in mind to pro- duce a display of flowers of varied fo
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