HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



S. laciniatum. (Compass Plant). Has very large foliage, prettily cut. 

 The largest flowered of all. 



S. perfoUatum. (Cup Plant). The large opposite leaves unite around the 

 square stem, forming a cavity or cup; large yellow flowers. Western U. S. 

 Five to seven feet. 



Spirsea arunciis. (Goat's Beard). Producing in summer long feathery 

 panicles of innumerable white flowers, forming a graceful, gigantic plume. 

 Three to five feet. 



S. filipendula, fJ. pi. Numer- 

 ous corymbs of double white 

 flowers and pretty fei-n like foli- 

 age. 



S. kamtschatka or gigantea. 

 A gigantic species, with large 

 panicles of white flowers and 

 vine-like foliage a foot across; 

 succeeds well in moist .soil and 

 partial shade. Six to nine feet. 



S. lobata. A showy, red 

 flowering species; very frag- 

 rant, growing four to five feet. 



S.palmata. Japan; one of 

 the most beautiful hardy plants 

 in cultivation. The deep purple- 

 red of the stems and branches, 

 passing into the crimson-purple 

 of the broad corymbs of flowers, ^' 



will be found to contrast most 

 exquisitely with the foliage, which assumes beautiful tints of brown and gold. 



Thalictrum glaucum. A species from South Europe, with elegantly cut 

 grayish foliage and large panicles of bright yellow flowers in June and July. 

 Three to four feet. 



T. purpiircum. A tall, purplish, or whitish flowered species suitable for 

 the wild garden. Four to eight feet. 



T. speciosiim. A fine, large, yellow- flowered sort, with handsome leaves. 

 Three to five feet. 



Thermopsis caroliniana. A showy native plant, with long spikes of Lupin- 

 like yellow flowers in summer. Grows five feet high. 



Trillium grandiflorum. One of our best native spring flowering plants. 

 Growth ten inches high, with a single pure white flower three inches across. 



Trollius europseas. (European Globe Flower). A pretty plant, with large, 

 lemon-colored. Buttercup-like flowers, one to one and one-half inches across, 

 and borne on lone stems. 



