Excerpt from Hardy Perennials and Herbaceous Borders: Illustrated in Colour The time is past when the term hardy plants can be used indiscriminately. Alpine flowers and hardy herbaceous plants have both developed enormously, and their culture has become speci alised on differing lines. It is true that Alpines are sometimes admitted to the border, often to furnish a rocky edging; and conversely, certain hardy herbaceous perennials are occasionally used in the rock garden; but those who know most about gardening will be the first to agree that it is desirable to consider them as separate sections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.