Chapter X: Autumn Garden

LIST No. 4

THIRTEEN HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS WHICH BLOOM IN THE EARLY AND LATE FALL

As pictured in the Mary Frances Garden Cut-Out No. 4.

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| Botanical | |
Common Name. | Name. | Remarks. |Height.
| | |
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Hardy Larkspur. | Del-phin-i-um.| See List No. 3 for |
| | description. |
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Monks Hood. | Ac-o-ni-tum. | Curiously shaped blue and | 3-5
| | white flowers. Will grow | feet.
| | in shade. |
| | |
| | Buy the plants. |
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Hardy Phlox.* | | See List of Hardy |
| | Perennials for Little |
| | Folks Garden. |
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Sneezewort. | He-len-i-um. | Yellow, old-gold, | 36
| | changing to terra-cotta, |inches.
| | daisy-like flowers. |
| | |
| | Buy “Riverton Gem,” |
| | “Riverton Beauty.” |
| | |
| | Plant seed in August, or |
| | buy the plants. |
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Hardy Asters* | Mich-ael-mas | See Garden for Little | 36
(“Starwort”). | Dai-sies. | Folks for description. |inches.
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Hardy | | All colors except blue | 15-24
Chrysanthemums.* | | and purple. |inches.
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Wind Flower. | A-nem-o-ne | Rose, pink, white | 2-4
| Ja-pon-i-ca. | flowers. If grown from | feet.
| | seed, protect with |
| | shade-cover until |
| | started. |
| | |
| | Cover well in the Fall |
| | with straw or leaves. |
| | Will not grow in all |
| | soils. |
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Blanket Flower. | Gail-lard-i-a.| See Garden for Little |
| | Folks for description. |
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Coreopsis.* | | See Garden for Little |
| | Folks for description. |
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Red Hot Poker. | Tri-to-ma. | Yellow-orange-scarlet | 36
| | showy flowers hanging |inches.
Flame Flower. | | downward in long clusters |
| | on “spike” heads. |
Torch Lily. | | |
| | Buy plants. Not shown in |
| | the Cut-Out. |
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Tufted Pansies. | Vi-o-la | See List No. 3 for |
| Cor-nu-ta. | description. |
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Hybrid Tea Roses. | | See Chapter XXXV on |
| | Roses. |
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Thoroughwort.* |Eu-pa-to-ri-um.| See Garden for Little |
| | Folks for description. |
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NOTE.—Most seed houses furnish collections of seeds of Wild Flowers.
They may be had in tall-growing and dwarf varieties for a very
reasonable price.
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* If garden space is small, select only the names
marked with a star.

EARLY AND LATE FALL HARDY GARDEN

For directions for making, see Chapter LXII]

MARY FRANCES GARDEN CUT-OUT

No. 4

For description of the flowers shown here see Chapter X.

_List of flowers shown in the Early and Late Fall Hardy Garden_

Hardy Larkspur,
Monk’s Hood,
Hardy Phlox,
Helenium,
Hardy Asters,
Hardy Chrysanthemums,
Anemone,
Japanese Wind Flower,
Gaillardia,
Coreopsis,
Tufted Pansies,
Eupatorium.