LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR 1909. 



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DELPHINIUM PERENNIAL LARKSPUR. 



DIGITALIS — Foxglove. 



Handsome, stately-growing plants, with beautiful 

 thimble-shaped flowers, produced in profusion (see 

 cut). The recemes of flowers are about 3 feet 

 long, ranging in color from pure white to purple. 

 Each 25c ; per doz. $2.50. 



DELPHINIUM — Perennial Larkspur. 



Three feet, June. A most attractive perennial, which should never be 

 denied a place in the garden. The long spikes of handsome flowers 

 are very freely produced from early summer till late in fall, care 

 being taken, however, to remove all seed pods. They are exceedingly 

 useful for cutting. Our collection embraces a very choice assortment 

 of light to the richest deep blue, double and single. Each 35c; per doz. $3. 50 



Very choice Mixed Hybrid Varieties, each 25c; per doz $2.50 



EUPHORBIA — Spurge. 



E. Corollata — 3 feet, July. A plant of easy culture, producing quanti- 

 ties of pure white flowers with a small green eye, from July to Octo- 

 ber. Excellent for cutting. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



FUNKIA — Day Lily. 



This plant, from the 

 shape and appearance of its 

 leaf sometimes called the 

 Plantain Lily, is one of the 

 most effective plants for 

 the decoration of the lawn. 

 It does splendidly as a low 

 hedge or border plant. In 

 or out of flower it is very 

 attractive. 



F. Laneeolata — 1 V 2 feet, 

 August. Blue. 



F. Ovata — 1 foot, August. 



Lilac. 

 F. Subcordata — 1 V 2 ft, 



June. White. 



F. Varlegata — 1 ft., August. 

 Lilac. 

 Each 30c; per doz. $3.00. 



GAILLARDIA. 

 Blanket Flower. 



G. Grandiflora — 2 feet. 

 June. One of the 

 showiest, most effec- 

 tive and most satis- 

 factory perennials in 

 cultivation. Begin- foxglove. 



ning to flower in June, it continues to present a mass of bloom until 

 late in summer. The flowers are about 2% inches in diameter, borne 

 on long, stiff stems, and are exquisite in coloring, crimson, orange and 

 vermillion blending most harmoniously. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



GYPSOPHILLA — Chalk Plant. 

 G. Panlculata — 2 feet, July. One of the best of hardy plants, producing 

 great quantities of white flowers, very useful for cutting. Each 25c; 

 per doz $2.50 



HEMEROCALLIS — Day Lily. 



H. Flava (Yellow Day Lily) — 3 feet, July. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



H. Fulva (Orange Day Lily) — 3 feet, July. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



H. Kwanso Varlegata (Variegated Leaved Day Lily) — 2 feet, July. Each 



30c; per doz $3.00 



H. Thunbergll — A large late-flowering variety, sweet scented, lemon yel- 

 low; August and September. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



HEUCHERA SANGUINEA — Alum Root. 



This great acquisition has already proved itself a most useful and de- 

 sirable hardy border perennial. It produces an abundance of flowers 

 nearly all summer. Color, a rich, dazzling crimson. 

 Each 25c; per doz • ....$2.50 



HELIOPSIS— Ox-Eye. 



A valuable genus of hardy, very showy plants, similar in many respects 

 to the Sunflowers. Very long-continued bloomers, supplying great quanti- 

 ties of flowers. 

 H. Laevls — 4 feet, August. Orange. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



HIBISCUS — Mallow. 



A highly ornamental border plant, excellent for mixing in with dwarf 

 shrubbery. Foliage broad, flowers large and very showy. 

 H. Moscheutos — 5 feet, August. Flowers white, tinged with purple; 



very attractive. Each 25c ; per doz $2.50 



LATHYRUS — Everlasting Sweet Pea. 



Very desirable for covering tree stumps or for filling odd corners. The 

 flowers are produced in great abundance. We offer plants of pink, 

 red and white, at 30c each ; per doz $3.00 



