Evening star., 1935-04-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

here enumerated are perennials, more
or less permanent residents OF the
garden.
No ANIMALS are included, as these
grow and die, from Spring to Autumn.
Annuals make such o splash, when
they do come, that there Is no doubt
in anybody's mind-or eye-that they
are present.
Therefore, they are scarcely the
type Of plants meant In this study.
They are not the kind Of which the
gardener can wonder what became Of
all those plants he bought last year,
and the year before.
Here we have Phlox divaricata and
Phlox decussata, members of o great
family.
Here is lythrum, or purple loose
strife, another of those interesting
common names.
l. Here are astilbe. lemon lilies, tawny
day lilies, white Platian lilies.
Lowly, but lovely. are dog-tooth
yiolets and bird's-foot violets, small
plants never even seen by the casual
visitor.
Mention must be made of the cro-
Gus, one small plant every one knows.
1t Is through blooming now. but Will
remain to bloom again.
Tulips are well up, some OF them In
bloom.
The narcissus, with its bright yellow,
is commonly called daffodil. but no
matter what one calls 1t, either rightly
or wrongly, even unto jonquil, 1t Is be-
loved by every one. More should be
planted, even at the expense OF tulips.
Small in the grass Is the grape hya-
cinth, but not to be omitted from this
list.
Then there are the Scilla, the plumy
bleeding heart, the Virginia bluebells,
the coral bells and the sweet wivels-
field. kin to the sweet william.
Coreopsis, regal lily and tiger lily
grow together.
And there are peonies.
Robust, indeed, are the peonies.
whose feats of growth, between March
and May, are surpassed by no other
plant.
All Summer thereafter they stand
green and beautiful, making the gar
dener wonder, after all, whether this
latter beauty is not almost the equal Of
that first loveliness, the blossoms.
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Here are the true bridal wreath, the
bush dogwood with its red canes, and
rhododendrons. A delicious piece Of
/ f1ll iv,r rd m tho loftar q that
they make for wet Easements.
Other plants in the garden are eve
ming primrose, cowslips, Eupatorium
(hardy ageratum), sweet rocket, jap
anese iris, golden glow. chrysanthe-
| mum, liatrus, carnation, Rudbeckia,
bergamot, lady-feather lone Of the
spirea family, Oriental poppy, Gle
mats panniculata, Lilium speciosum.
Veronica, platycodon, pyrethrum, wild
geranium, strawberry geranium. false
dragon head, blue day lily, eglantine,
creeping charlie. sedums Is kinds) ,
myrtle, English ivy, cut-leaf ivy,
honeysuckle, columbine. anonymous
vine, roses (many varieties. both bush
and climber, spirae van Houtte, bar
berry, forsythia, phlox subulata, deut-
zia, Norway spruce, Pfitzer jumpers,
Abelia, wiegelia, yellow daisy. blue
SALIVA, hydrangia, japanese anemone,
ferns lily-of- valley, Lobelie car
denalis, strawberry shrub (calycan-
thus, New England aster. valerian,
white daisy of some sort, Phlox ovata.
dandelion, buttercup, chickweed,
grass (these are plants. too), clover.
bitttersweet vine. mint, wallflower,
goldenrod.
Try making a similar list from your
own garden, and surprise yourself by
the many different kinds you perhaps
have forgotten YOU possess