. Achillea, Ptarmica "The Pearl.' ACHILLEA. (Milfoil, or Yarrow.) 1021 F»tarmica "The ; One of the best liardy white perennials. (Irows about 2 feet high, and from spring till frost is covered with heads of purest white double flow- ers. Easily grown from seed. 25 cts. per packet. FOR SUMMER SOWING On the following pages we give a list of Seeds of the Best Hardy Peren- nials which are now so deservedly popular. With little trouble you can have an abundant supply of Columbines, Canterbury Bells, Foxgloves, Gaillardias, Hollyhocks, Larkspurs, Forget-me-nots, Daisies, Sweet W
. Achillea, Ptarmica "The Pearl.' ACHILLEA. (Milfoil, or Yarrow.) 1021 F»tarmica "The ; One of the best liardy white perennials. (Irows about 2 feet high, and from spring till frost is covered with heads of purest white double flow- ers. Easily grown from seed. 25 cts. per packet. FOR SUMMER SOWING On the following pages we give a list of Seeds of the Best Hardy Peren- nials which are now so deservedly popular. With little trouble you can have an abundant supply of Columbines, Canterbury Bells, Foxgloves, Gaillardias, Hollyhocks, Larkspurs, Forget-me-nots, Daisies, Sweet Williams, etc., etc., for flowering in li)U>. The list also includes a choice selection of other Flower Seeds for summer sowing, such as Cinerarias, Cyclamens, Pansies, Primulas, etc. Hardy perennials are easily grown from seed. In many cases they are a little slower than annuals, but with intelligent care they are success- fully raised, and from seed is au excellent way to get up a big stock of peren- nials. Most professionals make summer sowings in a cold frame shaded with a lath frame or shaded glass sash, but the amateur may have more success and less bother growing hardy perennials from seeds sown in the open ground than in any other way. Prepare a bed in a nice, sheltered spot in the garden, preferably not very sunny; let the surface of the bed be four or five inches above the general level, and the soil be a mellow, free, fine earth on the surface. Draw shallow rows across the surface of the bed, three to four inches apart, and here sow the seed, keeping the varieties of one kind or nature as much together as practical; cover the seeds thinly, press the whole surface gently, water moderately, then dust a little fine, loose soil over all. If the weather is sunny or windy, shade with papers or a few branches, but remove these in the evening. When the seedlings come up thin them out to stiffen those that are left, and when they are two to three inches high, they
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