Gardens that Bloom from Frost to Frost 



A GARDEN of gorgeous bloom from earliest spring until frost, changing 

 its charm from month to month — this is the garden of hardy perennials. 

 How infinitely better than the garden of tender plants such as coleus 

 and geraniums, which three months in the year give you a gaudy spot of color 

 and the remaining nine months an unsightly mud hole — inartistic; monotonous; 

 costly, having to be renewed each year. 



The hardy garden is the garden of change, growth, succession, in which 

 each month is glorified by its appropriate flowers. Year after year this goes 

 on. thegaiden increasing in beauty and loveliness, practically without any 

 expense other than that incurred the first year. You will have new flowers in 

 gorgeous masses of color every month from April to November, with new 

 things every day to delight you. 



We have made three ideal selections of hardy perennials from our un- 

 equalled stock that will give a succession of bloom from frost to frost. These 

 are carefully arranged for continuous bloom, and will save the sometimes con- 

 fusing task of going through a catalogue and making the selection. Ad- 

 joining these offers below are illustrated some of the flowers comprising 

 this collection. They are arranged in the month in which they commence 

 to bloom, but many of them continue to flower during the remainder of 

 the season. 



Sooner or later you will have a hardy garden. Why not start it this fall 

 so that the flowers may have an early start in the spring before spring planted 

 stock is established ? 



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Spirea 



MAY: Doronicum 



Japanese Iris JULY: The Pearl Achillea 



Garden of Hardy 



Perennials No. 1 



for $2.50 



Thirty-one Varieties 

 and species of peren- 

 nials that will give a 

 succession of bloom 

 from April to No- 

 vember : 



April 



1 Giant Cowslip 



1 Walleress 



1 Hardy candytuft 



/lay 



1 Leopards Bane, 



Doronicum Cau- 

 casicum 



2 Moss pinks, Phlox 



subulata (rosea 



and alba) 

 1 Trollius Asiiticus 

 1 Spirea 



June 



1 Campanula Glo- 

 morata dahurica 

 (Dark - blue 

 clustered bell- 

 flower) 

 1 Campanula Persi- 

 cifolia, white 

 (Bell-flower) 

 1 German Iris 

 1 Oriental poppy 

 I Mrs. Lingard 



Phlox 

 1 Saxifraga pyrami- 

 dalis 



July 



1 Phlox W. Scott 



Plummer 

 1 Shasta daisy 

 1 Speedwell 

 1 Yarrow 

 1 Beard tongue 

 August 

 1 Cardinal flower 

 1 False dragon head 

 1 Gaillardia grandi- 



flora 

 1 Hollyhock (Double 



pink or white) 



September 



3 Anemones (best 



varieties) 



1 Boltonia 



October and 

 November 



2 C h rysanthemum 



Pon-pon (Yellow 



and Red) 

 1 Eupatorium 



(Snake-root) 

 1 Eulalia (Japan 



rush) 



Garden of Hardy Peren- 

 nials No. 2 for 

 $5.00 



Contains all the plants offered 

 in garden No. I, with the fol- 

 lowing additions: 



31 plants in No. 1 

 April and Hay 

 1 Trollius (Globe flower) 

 1 Doronicum plantagineum 



excelsum (Leopards bane) 

 1 Erysimum pulchellum 



(Hedge mustard) 

 1 Iris cristata (Crested Iris) 

 1 Iberis corraefolia (Hardy 



candytuft) 

 1 Ranunculus acris fl. pi. 



(Double buttercup) 



June 



1 Campanula persicifolia, 



blue (Bell-flower) 



1 Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas 

 plant) 



1 German Iris, white or yel- 

 low (Fleur-de-Lis) 



1 Thalictrum aquelegifolia 

 (Feathered Columbine; 



1 Centaurea Montana alba 

 (Hardy corn-flower) 



1 Hemerocallis flava (Yellow 



day-lily> 



July 



2 Achillea, The Pearl (Yarrow 



or Millfoil) 



1 Japan Iris, purple (Iris 

 Kaempferi) 



1 Phlox paniculata. Boul-de- 

 feu (Hardy Phlox) 



1 Phlox paniculata, Purity 

 (Hardy Phlox) 



1 Asclepia tuberosa (Butter- 

 fly weed) 



1 Pentstemon BarbatusTor- 

 reye (Beard tongue) 



1 Mona'da didyma (Oswego 

 tea) 



August 



1 Physostegia Verginica ro- 

 sea (False dragon head) 



1 Hypericum Moserianum 

 (St. Johns wort) 



1 Chrysanthemum maxim- 

 um Triumph (Large ox-eye 

 daisy) 



1 Stokesia cyanea (Corn- 

 flower aster) 



1 Eryngium amethystinum 

 (Flea-bane) 



September 



1 Anemone Queen Charlotte 



Pink (Wind-flower) 

 1 Aconitum Californicum 



(Monks-hood) 

 October and November 

 1 Chrysanthemum, white 



(Hardy Pon-pom) 



1 Pyrethrum Uliganosum 



(Great Ox-eye) 



2 Aconitum autumnale (Aco- 



nite) 



1 Aster Novae angliae rubra 

 (Michaelmas daisy) 



1 Vernonia Arkansana (iron- 

 weed) 



Garden of Hardy 



Perennials No. 3 



for $9.00 



This otter includes all c 

 garden No. z. with the fol- 

 lowing additions : 

 64 plants in Garden 

 No. 2 

 April and Hay 

 1 Hepatica triloba (Liver 



Leaf) 

 1 Caltha palustris fl. pi. 



tMarsh marigold) 

 1 Helleborus Nigre 



(Christmas Rose) 

 1 Aubretia (Rock-cress) 

 I Lychnis chalcidonica 



(Rose campion) 



June 



1 German Iris Mad. 

 Chereau( Pearly white 

 dainty lavender veined) 



1 Phlox Lady Musgrove 

 (White with rose bar 

 through each petal) 



1 Phlox Circle (White 

 with pink eye) 



1 Aconitum tauricum 



(Monks-hood) 



2 Heuchera sanguinnea 



and robu-ta (Alum 

 root) 



3 Papaver nudicaule 

 (Iceland poppy) 



1 Doronicum plantagi- 



neum excelsum (Leo- 

 pards bane) 



2 Dianthus, double and 



single (Hardy clove 

 pinks) 

 1 Ranunculus acris (1. 

 pi. (Gold knots) 



1 Spirea Japonica gdfl. 



(Meadow sweet) 



July 



2 Japan Iris, white and la- 



vender (Iris Kaempferi) 

 1 Veronica spicata 



(Speedwell) 

 1 Hemerocallis Thum- 



bergii (Late-flowering 



Day-lily) 



1 Heliopsis Pitcheria- 



nus (Orange sun- 

 flower) 



August 



2 Campanula Carpathi- 



ca, white and blue 

 (Dwarf bell-flower) 



1 Helenium autumnale 

 (Sneeze-wort) 



1 Platycodon autumna 

 lis (Chinese bell- 

 flower) 



1 Saponaria caucassica 



fl. pi. (Double flower- 

 ing bouncing bet) 



2 Hollyhocks (Choice 



fringed, single) 



September 



1 HelianthusOrgyalus(Grace- 



ful sun-flower) 

 1 Helianthus laetiflorus (Fine 



free-flowering single) 

 1 Echinops ritro (Globe thistle) 



October anu 

 November 



1 Aster S i b e r i c u s (Star- 

 wort) 

 1 Eulalia gracillima univata 



(Graceful Japan rush) 



If you are not interested in any of these collections, preferring to select your own stock, you will be 

 interested in our finely illustrated catalogue devoted exclusively to hardy perennials. Send for a copy. 



J. B. KELLER SONS 



Growers of Hardy Perennials 



1023 South Avenue, Rochester, New York 



