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Title: The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden
Identifier: centurybookofgar00cook (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cook, E. T. (Ernest Thomas), 1867-1915, ed
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London, The Offices of "Country life" (etc. )
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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SHRUB BORDERS AND HARDY FLOWERS. 9 To get the border to look- bright in May, .June, and September is easy enough; the great difficulty is to keep it beautiful through July and August. Some of the plants which help to maintain this brightness are Anthemis tinctoria, the blue Erigeron speciosus, the strong-growing Achillea Eupatorium and Centaurea macrophylla, Telekia speciosa and the hardy Alstroemerias, which grow strongest from seed, and when well established flower best il a little thinned out in the spring. Uutamnus Fraxini lla, and its lovely white variety, flowers in a sunny place at the end of May; but it can ho made to flower later by putting it in a half-shady position. The tall mauve and white Galega officinalis are invariable, also the blue Anchusa italica, which flow el s best in \ere dry poor soil, and Malva moschata alba, w hu h does best in the shade. All these do fairly well in burd e r s w h i c h c an not be watered. Everyone knows that the handsomest and most effective of Jul) plants are the be uitiful white Madonna Lilies (1.ilium candidum). These are unfortunately often disfigured by a fungus which attacks their leaves, and, w hen allow ed to spread, even prevents their flowering; if taken in time this disease can be arrested by spraying the plants with Bordeaux mixture early in spring. The coarse- g r o w i n g b ut h a ndsome Trumpet weed (Eupatorium purpureum) is useful, and so are Echinops Ritro and E. ruthenicus with their thistle- like heads, a group of which would contrast well with the tall Mulleins, the best of w h i c h a r e V e r b a s c u m phlomoides and the taller V. Chaixii, and in front of this group might be a mass of the different Ervngiums, especi- ally Eryngium amethystinum. The earlier flowering and dwarfer Verbascum phoeniccum is also worth growing. The scarlet Lychnis chalcedonica, with its larger flowered variety L. Haageana, and the bright red flow ers of tne scarlet Bergamot ( Monarda did) ma), give a brilliant touch of colour when it is so much wanted, fhe scarlet Bergamot flowers much better if it is kept well watered, and its scented leaves and bright colour amply repay for a little extra care. The coo! blues and whites of the different Campanulas look well in the halt-shade; of these the best are the well-known C. persicifolia grandiflora, C. grandis, the tall mauve C. latifolia, which is not often grown enough, C. macrantha, and C. Van Houttei, which has long pendant dark blue bells. The Japanese perennial Platycodon
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A BORDER OF HARDY FLOWERS.

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