Dreer's garden book 1906 Dreer's garden book : 1906 dreersgardenbook1906henr Year: 1906 DREER'S SELECT Hardy Perennial Plants. T' *H IS class uf plains, familiaily known as Old-fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor so lapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine en- thusiast of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is not at all surprising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes which tal<e place throughout the entire growing season in a well-arranged hardy border, in which every week, yes, almost every day, brings forth something fresh and new
Dreer's garden book 1906 Dreer's garden book : 1906 dreersgardenbook1906henr Year: 1906 DREER'S SELECT Hardy Perennial Plants. T' *H IS class uf plains, familiaily known as Old-fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers, has come into public favor so lapidly as to astonish even the most sanguine en- thusiast of these gems of the garden. Their popularity is not at all surprising when we consider the many varied and pleasant changes which tal<e place throughout the entire growing season in a well-arranged hardy border, in which every week, yes, almost every day, brings forth something fresh and new. Beginning in April, early- flowering varieties open their flowers often before snow has entirely disappeared, continuing with constantly changing variety through the sum- mer until late in the fall, when severe freezing weather only will stop such persistent late bloomers as the Japanese Windflowers, Ponipone Chrysanthemums, Stokesias, etc. Cultivation is of the simplest, beginning with any good garden soil for a foundation, which may be enriched with any good fertilizer, such as well decomposed cow or sheep manure or bone meal, deeply dug, well pulverized, in which the plants should be set as early in the season as possible, so as to enable them to become well rooted and es- tablished before hot, dry weather sets in, keeping the ground well stirred, and where it is not convenient [ . ., to water the beds during hot, dry weather a mulch of loose material, which will keep the soil from baking, will be found very beneficial. Short grass, the rakings of the lawn after cutting, will be as good for this purpose as anything. A covering of manure should be applied in the fall; this may be forked into the soil early in spring, and, beyond this, little care need be given, .• |.< the occasional staking of a plant, tlie cutting off of decaying flowers, which will prolong the flowering season of many species, and the dividing and replanting occasionally of such varieties that have b
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