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Hardy Garden FloWers 



FUNKIA ovata. Blue Day Lily. Broad 

 leaves and graceful stems, bearing slender 

 blue Lilies. i}4 ft. August. 



F. subcordata. White Day Lily. The white 

 Day Lily of our grandmother's gardens. 

 A clump of large rich leaves surmounted 

 in midsummer with spikes of pure white 

 Lilies, with golden stamens and the fra- 

 grance of the Madonna Lily. 2 feet. 



F. lancifolia. Clusters of lance-shaped foli- 

 age, making a symmetrical plant 2 feet or 

 more in diameter, and long, showy spikes 

 of lavender flowers. 



F. lancifolia, var. variegata Leaves hand- 

 somely variegated with green and gold. A 

 low border plant. 



GAILLARDIA aristata. Blanket Flower. 

 One of the most showy and effective 

 hardy plants that will thrive in any location. 

 The newer varieties of Gaillardia give a 

 wide range of red, orange and yellow. 

 They afford a bowl of daisy-shaped flowers 

 any day duringsummer or autumn. 2 feet. 



GERANIUM sanguineum. A native hardy 

 Geranium, having cut leaves and rose- 

 purple flowers. iy* feet. June to August. 



GENTIANA Andrewsii. Closed Gentian. Clusters 

 of tubular flowers of most beautiful clear blue, 

 which always appear as if in bud. 



GOLDEN GLOW. See Rudbeckia. 



GYPSOPHILA paniculata. Baby's Breath. Large, 

 loose panicles of tiny white flowers, giving a 

 misty effect. Excellent for use in bouquets. 

 2 feet. July and August. 



G. repens. A creeping plant about 8 inches high, 

 with pale rose flowers. Useful in the rock gar- 

 den or in front of a border. 



HELENIUM autumnale superbum. Sneezeweed. 

 The yellow daisy-like flowers are borne on tall, 

 rigid stems in August and September. It is use- 

 ful in the rear of the flower garden, in shrubbery 

 and in the wild garden. 5 to 6 feet. 



EELIANTHUS. Perennial Sunflower. The peren- 

 nial Sunflowers are the most vigorous and showy 

 of the late summer and autumn flowers, produc- 

 ing great masses of golden color. Valuable for 

 cut-flowers when needed in quantity for decora- 

 tion. 3 to 8 feet. 



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Dicentra eximia. (See preceding page.) 



Funkia subcordata. 



Helianthus Maximiliana. Single bright yellow flow- 

 ers. Most effective planted in the shrubbery in 

 connection with Aster Tataricus, as they, with 

 the hardy Chrysanthemums, are the last to yield 

 to frost. 6 to 8 feet. September and October. 



H. mollis. Downy white foliage and single lemon- 

 colored flowers. 4 feet. August and September. 



H. orgyalis. Long, narrow, drooping foliage, sur- 

 mounted by numerous golden flowers. Plant for 

 foliage effect. 7 to 8 feet. September and 

 October. 



HELIOPSIS laevis, var. Pitcheriana. A plant resem- 

 bling Helianthus, but dwarfer in habit, and 

 blooming profusely in midsummer. Deep golden 

 yellow. 3 feet. 



HEMEROCALLIS. Day Lily. 



H. flava. These Lilies grow freely in any situation. 

 The flowers are lemon-yellow, appearing in June 

 and July. 



H. fulva. Tawny Day Lily. The old-fashioned 

 tawny Lily often found by the roadside, escaped 

 from old gardens. 3 feet. Effective in shrub- 

 beries. July. 



H. fulva fl. pi., var. Kwanso. The double form, 

 blooming longer than the preceding. 4 feet. 



HIBISCUS. Marsh Mallow ; Rose Mallow. While 

 the natural habitat of Marsh Mallows is the salt 

 marsh, they are equally at home in the border. 

 The flowers are larger than those of the Holly- 

 hock, and are pink and white in color. 4 feet. 

 August. 



H. Moscheutos. Pink. 



H. Moscheutos, Crimson Eye. White, with crimson 

 eye. 



HOLLYHOCK. Althea rosea. These stately plants 

 are indispensable in the garden or border. They 

 are especially pleasing as they throw up their 

 tall spikes of bright color against a vine-covered 

 pergola or wall. We offer a good variety of 

 sorts, including the single ones that have been 

 so difficult to obtain in quantity. 5 to 7 feet. 

 July and August. (See illustration, page 72. ) 



