Making a Garden of Perennials

by W. C. Egan

Published June, 1912

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CONTENTS

• Page
• Introduction[1]
• Preparing the Beds[7]
• Winter Mulching[20]
• Summer Mulching[23]
• Plant Combinations[30]
• Weeding[34]
• Lists of Dependable Perennials:
  • Of General Excellence[36]
  • For Shady Positions[49]
  • For Dry Soils[50]
  • For Wet Soils[51]
  • Alpines, Or Rock Plants[51]

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

• A Garden of Perennials[Frontispiece]
• Facing Page
• A Colony of German Iris[4]
• Sweet Rocket Against a Foliage Background[12]
• Peonies[24]
• Canterbury Bells and Foxglove[30]
• Anemone Japonica[38]
• Phlox Paniculata[46]
• Swamp Mallow, Gaillardia and Campanula Persicifolia[50]

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MAKING A GARDEN OF PERENNIALS

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INTRODUCTION