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Narcissus, continued 



of the woodland, where these plants will go on 

 increasing year after year with no trouble at all. 

 Our stock includes the large single yellow Daffodil 

 and the double yellow Daffodil. 



N. poeticus. Poets' Narcissus. These are the 

 ivory-white flowers with carmine-tipped cups 

 that bloom in early May after the Daffodils have 

 passed. They thrive and multiply and in old 

 gardens hereabouts there are wide borders of 

 them that must have been planted nearly half 

 a century ago. 



(ENOTHERA Missouriensis. Sometimes the 

 question is asked how to make the garden attrac- 

 tive in the evening. These will open just at night- 

 fall, their large, almost luminous sulphur-yellow 

 blossoms about 5 inches across, to attract the 

 night-flying insects. It is a low, trailing plant. 



P^EONIA Sinensis. There has been a recent 

 enthusiasm for the Peony which is based on its 

 permanent merits of vigorous growth, hardiness 

 and showy flowers. They grow 2 to 3 feet high, 

 and equally broad, forming a shrub-like mass of 

 foliage, maintained in good condition throughout 

 the season. The flowers are large and showy, 

 borne on long stems, making them excellent for 

 cutting. The Peony is equally appropriate in 

 the garden, among shrubs, against the founda- 

 tions of a house, or in a bed on the lawn. Our col- 



Moss Pink, Phlox subulata. This picture does not show 

 the most beautiful design with Moss Pink and Rhododen- 

 drons, but it shows its ability to hold steep dry banks better 

 than grass. 



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lection includes a range of colors from white 

 through various shades of cream and pink to 

 dark red. The plants are large and well estab- 

 blished and will give good results. If needed 

 for planting in May, they can be taken up with 

 a ball of earth. Autumn or early spring planting 

 is preferable. 



P. officinalis. This is the true old-fashioned 

 Peony that was used in colonial days for dyeing 

 wool and decorating our grandmothers' gardens 

 with their brilliant crimson flowers. It blooms 

 about two weeks earlier than the other Peonies 

 and differs from them in foliage, as it dies down 

 in midsummer and, therefore, should be planted 

 in the flower-garden where other plants will 

 occupy the space later. 



P. rubrum. Brilliant, glowing, deep crimson. 



P. roseum. Bright, clear pink. 



P. alba. Blush-white. 



PAPAVER orientate. Oriental Poppy. This 

 flaunts its showy flower more conspicuously than 

 any other hardy garden flower. It is a big, floppy 

 flower about 8 inches in diameter, on a stem 3 feet 

 high. It makes a gorgeous effect in the garden. 



P. nudicaule. Iceland Poppy. A dainty little 

 plant, with delicate white, yellow and orange- 

 scarlet flowers in early spring and throughout the 

 summer. It is a perennial as pretty as the Shirley 

 Poppy, but with colors not found in the annual 

 Poppies. 



PENTSTEMON barbatus, var. Torreyi. This 

 very valuable garden plant has been overlooked. 

 It is showy in mass and excellent as a cut-flower 

 because of its long, and graceful stems The flow- 

 ers are a brilliant scarlet without admixture of 

 other shades. They are little Foxglove-like 

 trumpets borne on slender, nodding stems about 

 4 feet high from June till August. 



PHLOX decussata. Among the many varieties 

 offered, we have selected the following as repre- 

 senting a good example of each color. Their cul- 

 ture is of the simplest. Some ask why a collec- 

 tion apparently reverts to the magenta-pink 

 colors after a few years. This is because seedlings 

 come up between the others. This can be easily 

 prevented. 



Bridesmaid. Pure white, with crimson center. 

 Coquelicot. Pure scarlet, carmine eye. The 



finest red yet known. 



Eclaireur. Purplish crimson, with white halo. 

 Pantheon. Salmon-rose; late. 

 Pink Beauty. Pale pink; enormous panicles. 



Mid-season. 



Queen. Large, pure white; late. 

 Fiancee. Pure white, large panicles; mid- 

 season. 

 General Chanzy. Scarlet-pink ; fine. 



P. suffruticosa, Miss Lingard. This blooms 

 about six weeks earlier than the others, commenc- 

 ing in May and continuing throughout the sum- 

 mer." The foliage differs in being glossy and 

 pointed. The flowers form an upright panicle of 

 white, with a delicate pink eye, and are very showy 

 for bedding or as cut-flowers. They should be 

 in every garden. 



P. suffruticosa, Lemoine. A pure white form; 

 very valuable. 



P. subulata. Moss Pink. Economically, this is 

 cheaper than grass on dry terrace banks, road 

 banks, gravelly hillsides, tops of walls and ledges, 

 for it is native to the latter position in this state. 

 We have sold many thousands for these purposes, 



