MYOSOTIS laxa. i foot; June and July; light blue. A smaller flower 

 than M. palustris. 



M. alpestris, var. Victoria. I foot ; May and June ; azure -blue. Of 

 bushy growth, bearing large umbels of flowers. 



NEPETA glecoma, var. variegata. Ground Ivy. 6 inches; May; light 

 purple. A rapid, spreading cover-plant, which forms a dense, close carpet 

 The foliage is prettily variegated. Unsurpassed for the rockery. 



CENOTHERA. Evening Primrose. As garden plants these will be found 

 a highly useful class. They thrive in any ordinary garden soil, preferring 

 sunny situations. These are excellent border plants and quite useful for the 

 rockery or wild garden. 



CE. Missouriensis ; syn., macrocarpa. i foot; June and July; yellow. 

 A spreading plant, with showy flowers from 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 



CE. fruticosa, var. Youngii. 2 feet; June and August; lemon-yellow. 

 An excellent sort, of stocky growth, and a profuse bloomer. 



CE. speciosa. Tall White Evening Primrose, i/^ feet; June to Octo- 

 ber ; white, changing to pink. The flowers of this variety are fragrant. 



OPHIOPOGON Jaburan, var. aureus variegatus. Snake's Beard. 

 6 inches ; September ; blue. These form broad, neat clumps with handsome 

 foliage. In this variety it is prettily striped with golden yellow. An excellent 

 plant for the rockery and extremely ornamental. 



PACHYSANDRA terminalis. 8 inches ; May and June ; white. A 

 pretty evergreen plant, thriving in all soils, and making a dense carpet of bright 

 green foliage. The flowers are borne in small spikes. 



P^EONIA, HERBACEOUS. In the long list of hardy herbaceous plants 

 which are gaining in favor every year with the plant-loving world, none stand 

 higher than the Herbaceous Peonies. The stately beauty of their bloom in 

 such an infinite variety of colors makes them indispensable for every garden. 

 Many of them have the delicate fragrance of the rose, and seen in masses against 

 a background of dark foliage produce a magnificent effect. They are very 

 hardy and easily grown in any good garden soil, requiring only to be heavily 

 manured every fall. They should have plenty of water at all times, especially 

 when in flower. From our collection we can select collections that will give 

 bloom from early May to the end of June, and a range of colors from pure 

 white to deep purple. We have taken much care to select sorts^with fragrant 

 flowers and have noted them in the list. (See plate on page 171.) 



ABBREVIATIONS 



Index letters signify: S, sweet-scented; D, dwarf; VE, very early; , early; 

 L, late; VL^ very late; T, tall grower. 



PjEONIA ALBIFLORA; syn., CHINENSIS. Chinese Pseony 



This is by far the better-known class of Peonies, and has the greatest number 

 of hybrid varieties. They flower later than the others given here and are the most 



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