Hardy Gurion Flowers 
No. 7 
If there is one flower that more than all others isredo 
lent in its associations with the old-fashioned garden 
itis the perennial phlox. To think of the phlox isto le 
one’s mind drift backward into long forgotten days. Out 
| grandparents looked upon the phlox as the most gorgeous 
of all their hardy flowers, and to-day we have immensely 
more beautiful modern varieties, which range in color 
from deep purple to pure white. Nothing will give a 
longer season of bloom. If you cut out the early shoots, 
the others flower until frost. There are tall and dwarf 
varieties, from four feet downward. The immense trusses 
of bloom, and their delicate fragrance, are known to every- 
| body, but it is to the charming combinations of colors in 
| the newer types, which also have larger flowers, that we 
ask your attention also. A particular advantage aboutthe 
phloxisthat you can transplant it at any time of the year. 
Now is fully as good as any other time. 
We offer all the best varieties of phloxes including such 
superb kinds as **Mrs. Lingard” with its beautiful snowy 
| white flowers, ‘‘La Vague,”’ the most beautiful silvery grey, 
and “‘Coquelicot,’’ with its firey scarlet color. Our cata- 
log lists them all in detail. 
PRICES 
Phlox paniculata, $1.50 per doz.; $10 per hundred. 
Phlox suffruticosa, 2.00 perdoz.; 15 per hundred. 
We are specialists in hardy perennials, growing them 
exclusively. With all our energies devoted to their cul- 
| ture we have a stock such as is possible only under these 
conditions. 
J. B. KELLER SONS 
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 
The Agricultural Experts Association 
GEORGE T. POWELL, President 
120 Broadway, N. Y. 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
known in the trade as G. grandiflora) has a 
wealth of gorgeous yellow, red and bronze 
flowers three to four inches across, and 
sometimes even five inches. ‘The cut flowers 
last well in water. It must be grown in a 
rich, light, well drained soil in a sunny sit- 
uation. Ina damp place it winter kills. 
The cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and 
the great lobelia (L. syphilitica) are two beau- 
tiful plants for cool, shady places. ‘The cardi- 
nal flower grows two to four feet high, bearing 
long spikes of intensely bright cardinal 
flowers; each flower is about one inch long. 
The great lobelia attains a height of three 
feet, and has spikes of pale blue flowers. 
The Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) 
bears mammoth cup-shaped crimson flowers 
measuring six inches across. Each petal 
has a big black spot at the base. It is a very 
hardy plant, and will thrive if given only 
half a chance. Another perennial poppy 
which closely resembles the Oriental poppy, 
and is said to flower earlier is P. bracteatum. 
The flowers of the two are identical. 
The Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) 
unlike many of the perennials, has a pro- 
fusion of bloom the second year. The in- 
dividual flowers are small, but are borne in 
large bunches, three or four inches across. 
The flowers vary in color from dark red to 
white, and are sweet scented. 
New York. W. CLARK. 
A Cultural Guide to Hardy 
Orchids 
The following summary is intended to 
show at a glance the relative value of the 
hardy orchids and how to grow them: 
I.—Wo0oDs-LoVING ‘SPECIES 
These are supposed to be content with partial shade, 
leaf mold and moist (not damp) soil. 
1, The lady’s slipper type. 
Flower pink 
The best hardy orchid 
Showy lady’s slipper 
The largest flower, but hard to grow 
Moccasin flower 
Flowers yellow 
Slipper } to 2 in. long, pale yellow 
Large yellow lady’s slipper 
Slipper $ to 1} in. long, bright yellow 
Small yellow lady’s slipper 
Flowers white 
The easiest orchid to grow 
Eastern white lady’s slipper 
Large, fragrant: needs winter cover 
Rocky Mountain white lady’s slipper 
2. The other types. 
Fils. greenish white 
Fls. pinkish purple 
Rattlesnake plantain 
Showy orchis 
II.—SprEcIES PREFERRING WET FEET 
Yellow-fringed orchis 
Flower yellow 
Ladies’ tresses 
Flowers white 
Flowers purple, large 
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Phloxes 
Evergreens, specimens 
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Send for Special Summer List, also our General Catalogue 
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Large purple-fringed orchis New York. 
Flowers purplish, small THE 
Smail purple-fringed orchis 
III.—SPHAGNUM-LOVING SPECIES 
These are all bulbous species about six inches high, 
with pinkish flowers and are supposed to prefer 
sphagnum, wet feet and full sunshine. 
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: Flowers with a short fringe Pogonia 
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New York. WILHELM MILLER. 
