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HARDY BORDER PLANTS AND BULBS—Concluded. 
DICENTRA SPECTABILIS, or BLEEDING HEART—l5c. 
EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBRINA—(Hardy Grass)—Striped 
across the leaves; fine plume. 10 cents. 
EULALIA JAPONICA VARIEGATA—(Hardy Grass.) Striped 
white and green; bears elegant plumes. 10 cents. 
EULALIA GRACILIS UNIVITTATA—(Hardy Grass)—Makes 
immense clumps; very graceful. 10 cents; the three grasses 
for 25 cents. 
FUNKIA SUBCORDATA_ GRANDIFLORA—(The White 
Plantain or Day Lily)—Pure white lily-shaped, fragrant flow- 
ers. 15 cents. 
FUNKIA MEDIO VARIEGATA—Gtreen and white foliage with 
lavender flowers. 10 cents. 5; 
GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA—(Blanket Flower)—The cen- 
ter is dark red-brown, petals marked with rings of brilliant 
erimson-orange and vermilion. 10 cents; three for 25 cents. 
HOLLYHOCKS, MAMMOTH DOUBLE FLOWERING—We 
offer four colors. Will bloom the first year. 20 cents each; 
four for 60 cents. 
HEMEROCALLIS FLAVA—(The Lemon Lily)—This is en- 
tirely hardy, and bears flowers of a lemon-yellow color. Very 
desirable. 10 cents; three for 25 cents. 
HIBISCUS CRIMSON EYE—Belongs to the family of mal- 
lows, flowers six inches across; color pure white with pronounced 
eye of deep crimson. 10 cents. 
HYACINTHUS . CANDICANS—Large spikes of pure white. 
The Hardy Hyacinth. 5 cents; six for 25 cents. 
LOBELIA CARDINALIS—(Cardinal Flower.) Rich fiery-car- 
dinal flowers; strong plants, often producing ten to eighteen 
spikes twelve to twenty-four inches long. 10 cents. 
PLUMBAGO LARPENTAE or Lady Larpent—Deep royal 
blue flowers. This is an elegant plant. 10 cents, three for 
25 cents. 
Hardy Deciduous 
AZALEA MOLLIS—The most brilliant and showy of all hardy 
Shrubs, exceeding even the Rhododendron, and entirely hardy 
without protection in all situations. The bloom, which varies 
in color from the intense rosy-crimson to lemon-yellow, liter- 
ally covers the compact, spreading plant, forming a huge bou- 
quet, and which remains in perfection for a long time in May 
and June. Massed they produce an effect that is actually 
brilliant and dazzling. Plants ready to bloom. 50 cents; 
three for $1.25. : 
BUXUS (Ornamental Box)—Sempervirens. Useful for edg- 
ing and bordering, walks, etc. A handsome shrub with deep 
green foliage. This is not as dwarf as the Sempervirens Nana, 
but we find it so much more vigorous and hardy that we advise 
planting this and trimming to height required. 5 cents each, 50 
cents per dozen, postpaid; by express, purchaser to pay 
expressage, $3.00 per hundred. : 
CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS—(Carolina Allspice or Sweet 
Scented Shrub.) A most desirable Shrub. The wood is fra- 
grant, flowers of a rare chocolate color, having a peculiar agree- 
able odor that is very penetrating. They blossom in June 
and at intervals afterwards. Fine plants, 10 cents; strong 
two-year-old plants, 25 cents. 
HYDRANGEA ‘‘HILLS OF SNOW’? 
HARDY SCOTCH or SWEET MAY PINKS—These are the 
pinks of our mothers’ gardens; all colors. 10 cents, three 
distinct colors for 25 cents. 
NEW HARDY SCOTCH PINK “HER MAJESTY’’—Pure 
10 cents, three for 25 
white flowers; fine for cemetery. 
cents. 
MYOSOTIS PALUSTRIS, FORGET=-ME-NOT—Everybody’s 
favorite. 10 cents. 
PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM—(Bush Clematis.) A free 
flowering plant covered with flowers that resemble somewhat 
the Clematis; two colors, deep blue and pure white. 10 cents 
each, the two for 15 cents. 
RUDBECKIA LACINIATA—(Golden Glow.) Grows six to 
eight feet high, bearing hundreds of double yellow blossoms; 
it is very desirable. 10 cents; three for 25 cents. 
SAGE HOLT’S MAMMOTH-—A variety of unusual substance, 
strong flavor and superior quality. 10 cents; three for 25 
cents. 
STOKESIA CYANEA or CORNFLOWER ASTER—Grows 
eighteen to twenty-four inches high, flowers lavender-blue; four 
to five inches in diameter, borne from June to October. 10 
cents; three for 25 cents. 
HARDY BLUE SALVIA—(Caryopteris Mastacanthus)—A 
grand ‘Plant bearing rich lavender-blue flowers. Be sure and 
try this plant, it will please you. 10 cents. 
SWEET WILLIAMS in choicest new varieties, all shades, 10 
cents. 
YUCCA FILAMENTOSA—(Spanish Dagger.) Blooms every 
year, bearing long stalks surmounted with large umbels or 
heads of white flowers. 10 cents each; larger, 25 cents. 
SWEET WILLIAM—A fine collection of all colors—White, 
scarlet, maroon. Red on white ground. Violet on white 
ground. Holborn Glory or Auricula-flowered. 10 cents; 
three for 25 cents; seven for 50 cents. 
Shrubs and Trees 
CYDONIA JAPONICA—(Japan Quince.) Has bright scarlet 
flowers in great profusion in the early spring; one of the best 
shrubs. Fine plants, 25 cents. 
DEUTZIAS—Their fine habit, luxuriant foliage and profusion 
of bloom render them among the most beautiful of Shrubs. 
They flower the latter part of June. 
DEUTZIA GRACILIS—Dwarf habit. 
white bell-shaped flowers. 
25 cents. 
DEUTZIA GRACILIS ROSEA—Same as above but pink flowers. 
15 cents each. 
DEUTZIA CRENATA, FI. Pl.—Flowers double white, tinged 
with rose. 15 cents; two-year plants, 25 cents. 
DEUTZIA PRIDE OF ROCHESTER—Large double white flow- 
ers. 15 cents; two-year plants, 25 cents. 
DEUTZIA LEMOINEII—Habit dwarf and free flowering; dou- 
ble white flowers. 15 cents; two-year plants, 25 cents. 
SPECIAL OFFER—Five Deutzias for 60 cents. 
New Hydrangea ‘‘HILLS OF SNOW’’—This is the great new 
hardy shrub that has come to gladden our yards and gardens. 
We place it first and foremost of all shrubs. It makes a per- 
fectly round symmetrical bush that is covered from June to 
August with handsome large pure white flowers. Be sure 
and plant this new hardy shrub, it will please you greatly. 
Young plants, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. Strong 
two-year-old plants, 40 cents each; three for $1.00. Large 
specimen plants to bloom at once, 75 cents each. 
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA—A great fa- 
vorite, and there is nothing finer or more showy, whether for 
planting in large masses in parks or for single plants on the 
smallest lawns. Blooms profusely from July until frost, in 
immense white panicles, tinted with pink and then with brown 
in the fully matured flower. The plant should be cut back 
each spring fully one-half of the past season’s growth, as the 
flowers are much finer if the plant is treated in this manner. 
‘The flowers are much finer and larger if grown in a good, rich 
soil, but the plant is so hardy and easily grown that success is 
almost certain in any kind of soil and in any situation. Young 
plants, 15 cents, three for 40 cents. Strong flowering 
plants for immediate effect, two years old, 35 to 50 cents, 
according to size. 
HIBISCUS SYRIACUS—(Althea or Rose of Sharon.) Also 
known as the Hollyhock Shrub, belongs to the Mallow family. 
These are the most beautiful shrubs we have in our collection. 
The flowers are of large size, very double and full of various 
brilliant and striking colors. They bloom freely during August 
and September, when scarcely any other Shrub is in bloom. 
Six varieties: Jean d’Arc, double white; Boule de Feu, double 
red; Paeoniflorus, double pink; Violet Claire, double violet; 
Bicolor Hybrida, double variegated; Snowdrift (Totus Albus), 
single, pure white—this is the best of all Altheas. Twelve to 
eighteen inches high, 15 cents, two for 25 cents; the set 
of six for 60 cents; fine plants two feet high, well branched, 
20 cents, three for 50 cents, the set of six for 90 cents. 
JASMINE PRIMULINUM—(New.) This is a grand new hardy 
Jasmine of bushy growth; star-shaped yellow flowers. Try 
this plant. 20 cents. 
Covers itself with pure 
15 cents each; strong plants, 
