[CHAPTER VIII]
Early Summer Garden
LIST No. 2
Eleven Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early Summer
As pictured in the Mary Frances Garden Cut-Out [No. 2].
| Common Name. | Botanical Name. | Remarks. | Height. |
| Yellow Alyssum.* | A-lys-sum Sax-a-tile. | See [List No. 1] for description. | 12 inches. |
| Columbine. | A-qui-le-gi-a. | Airy, graceful plants,with spurred flowers, inred, blue, violet, white,yellow. Buy the seed of“Long Spurred Hybrids.” | 18-24 inches. |
German Iris (“Blue Flags”). | I-ris Ger-man-i-ca. | Lavender, purple, yellow, white. “Corm” roots which“winter over” and takecare of themselves,“coming” up every Springin increased numbers. | 24-30 inches. |
| Lily of the Valley. | Con-val-la-ria. | Sweet-scented tiny white bells. Buy clumps and roots inSpring or Fall. | 6 inches. |
| Alkanet or Bugloss. | An-chu-sa I-tal-i-ca. | Buy “Dropmore” variety. Blue flowers. Buy the plants. | 36 inches. |
| Lupines. | Lu-pi-nus. | Varieties in blue, white, pink. | 24-28 inches. |
| Tufted Pansies.* | Vi-o-la Cor-nu-ti. | Sow seed early. Resemble pansies, not solarge; but bloom allSummer. | 5-8 inches. |
| Bleeding Hearts. | Di-el-y-tra. | See [List No. 1] for description. | |
| Hardy Candytuft.* | I-be-ris. | Buy “Iberis Sempervirens”: white. Pretty for edging. | 8-10 inches. |
| Forget-me-Not. | My-o-so-tis. | Buy “Myosotis PalustrisSemperflorens.” Sky-blue little flower. | 8-10 inches. |
Hardheads or Knap Weeds. Perennial Cornflower. | Cen-tau-re-a. | “Centaurea Montana” isknown as the PerennialBears largeviolet-blue flowers fromJuly to September. | 2 feet. |
| Rambler roses also bloom in early Summer. | |||
* If garden space is small, select only the names marked with a star.
