Within its tropic radiations Miss Caroline bloomed and was hale of being, like some hardy perennial.

Actaea Spicata (Bane Berry).A hardy herbaceous perennial which delights in a shady position, and will even grow under trees.

Aquilegia (Columbine).Very ornamental and easily-grown hardy perennials.

Very handsome hardy perennials, producing a copious display of bloom.

Pretty hardy perennials suitable for the border.

Daisies (Bellis Perennis).These pretty, little hardy perennials are very useful as edgings.

Early-flowering, showy perennials, all thriving in a moist or boggy situation.

A favourite hardy perennial, which grows freely from seed in any garden soil.

A charming little herbaceous perennial which proves quite hardy in our climate, and well deserves a place in the rockery.

His jokesfor he had his jokesare now ended; but they were old trusty perennials, staples that pleased after decies repetita, and were always as good as new.

Musk (Mimulus Moschatus).A well-known sweet-scented, half-hardy perennial, well adapted for pot culture.

Trillium Erectum (Wood Lily).This tuberous perennial is quite hardy, and flourishes in partial shade.

A hardy aquatic perennial, frequently found in our ponds.

to 2 ft. Anthemis Tinctoria (Yellow Marguerites).These perennials are almost hardy, needing protection merely in severe weather.

A hardy, bulbous perennial.

A coarse, yet stately hardy perennial, which has large ornamental foliage, and flowers in August.

A curious old herbaceous perennial, now seldom met with, sending up late in summer a dense cylindrical purple spike 2 ft. high.

A showy, hardy, deciduous perennial.

Effective little perennials for rock-work, growing best in a light, dry, sandy soil.

Height, 1-1/2 ft. to 2 ft. Dictamnus (Burning Bush).See "Fraxinella." Dielytra Spectabilis (Venus's Car, Bleeding Heart, or Lyre Flower).One of the most elegant hardy perennials for forcing for table decorations, or cutting for vases.

It was all clean and simple, and there was a total absence of ornament, I went and walked in the garden, which was of the same very straightforward kindplain grass, shrubberies, winding paths, with comfortable wooden seats in sheltered places; one or two big beds, evidently of old-fashioned perennials, and some trellises for ramblers.

There were even a few hardy flowers in the vegetable-garden behind the house, humble perennials planted by dead and gone Whitelaws, which had bloomed year after year in spite of Stephen's utilitarian principles.

Trientalis Europæa (Star Flower).To grow this native perennial to advantage