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| HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



AO.UILEGIA (Columbine). 



An exceedingly attractive class of hardy plants which should be represented 

 in every garden. "We have a fine assortment of the best varieties, rang- 

 ing in color from pure white, pink and yellow and various shades of blue. 

 Price each, 15c; $1.50 per doz. 



CAMPANULA (Bine Bells). 



Very pretty hardy plants with blue bell-shaped flowers. Price each, 20c; 

 $2.00 per doz. 



COREOPSIS. 

 Exceedingly attractive and suitable for almost all conditions, being per- 

 fectly hardy. The bright yellow flowers are borne profusely during the entire 

 season on long stiff stems, and are excellent for cutting. 



Lanceolata Grandiflora — Flowers large deep golden yellow. Price each, 15c; 

 doz., $1.50. 



DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larkspur). 

 Extra Choice Hybrids — Colors ranging from pale lavender to dark purple. 

 Price each 25c; doz., $2.50. 



GAILLARDIA. 

 Grandiflora — Large flowering hybrids. Price each, 15c; doz., $1.50. 



FOXGLOVE (Digitalis). 

 Large Flowering Varieties — Fine mixed colors. Each, 20c; doz., $2.00. 



HEMEROCALLIS (Day Lily). 

 Flava — Yellow. Each, 20c; doz., $2.00. 

 Fulya — Orange. Each, 20c; doz., $2.00. 



HELIANTHUS (Sunflower). 

 Multiflorus Plenus — Double Hardy Yellow Sunflower. Price each, 15c; doz., 

 $1.50. j 



HOLLYHOCKS. 



Choice Double Varieties — Price each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 

 Choice Single Varieties — Price each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 



GERMAN IRIS. 



An exceedingly hardy class, succeeding in almost any situation. 



Cherion — Standards lilac-mauve; falls violet shading to blue. 



Florentine Alba — Early white. 



Edith — Standards light blue; falls purple, with white veins. 



Gazelle — White frilled mauve. 



Honorabilis — Standards golden yellow; falls mahogany brown. 



Johan de Witt — Standards bluish-violet; falls deep purple, veined white. 



La Tendresse — Blue throughout, with brown veins. 



Lord Salisbury — Standards amber white; falls dark purple. 



Maori King — Standards golden yellow; falls chocolate, veined white and 



edged yellow. Price 

 each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 

 Mme. Chereau — "White 

 throughout, edged 

 light blue. 

 Plicata — Standards and 

 falls violet-purple 

 with lighter shadings 

 on the falls. 





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Perennial Larkspur. 



Spectabilis— Early; falls and standards violet-purple, with dark shadings 

 on the falls. 

 Price each, 20c; doz., $2.00, except where otherwise noted. 



JAPANESE IRIS. 



The grandest of the Iris family. The flowers, which begin to appear 

 about the middle of June, are large and of gorgeous colors, and are borne 

 in great abundance until the middle of August. They succeed under 

 almost all conditions, but are especially adapted to rich, moist soil. 



THREE-PETALLED VARIETIES. 

 Tebotan — Ground white, with violet-blue veining. 



Yomo-zakuru — Light ground, densely veined and suffused reddish-purple. 

 Hano-no-nishiki — Violet-purple, veined white. 

 Shippo — Lilac, heavily veined purple. 

 Shi-nn-ryo — Light violet, veined deeper. 

 Shuchiukwa — Crimson-purple with white veins. 

 Shirataki — Silvery-white, border of petals suffused light violet. 

 Kokirin — Rose tinted white with purple veins. 

 Oku-miyako — Light blue with white markings. 

 Shiro-fungen — Light ground, suffused with bluish-violet. 

 Price each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 



SIX-PETALLED VARIETIES. 



-Silvery white, with broad border of majenta-lilac. 



veined 



Japanese Iris. 



Kumn-fujin- 



white. 



Koki-no-iro — Light violet, veined white. 

 Mana-dsuru — Fine late white. 

 Uehiu — Crimson-purple, veined white. 

 Uji-no-hotaru — Violet-purple, shaded blue. 

 Kumo-no-uye — Violet with white veins, yellow center. 

 Shishi-odori — Rich velvety purple, shading to deep purple, golden yellow 



center. 

 O-tor-ige — Aniline blue, veined white with white halo. 



Price each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 



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