LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR 1915. 



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EUDBECKIA. 



BL'DBBCKIA UOLDKN GLOW. 



SPIRAEA — Goat's Beard. 



A genus of hardy border plants of the easiest 



culture, growing freely in any good soil. The taller 



varieties are very effective in the shrubbery border. 



S. Palinata (Crimson Meadow Sweet) — 3 feet, June. 



An exceedingly handsome plant, one of the most 



attractive in cultivation. The foliage is beautiful 



and the flowers are a vivid crimson, borne in great 



heads or corymbs in almost continuous succession. 



S. Ulmaria, Fl. PI. (Double Meadow Sweet) — 3 feet, 



June. A beautiful and very desirable variety, with 



double white flowers. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



Cone Flower. 



This class of plants is considered quite indispensable in the her- 

 baceous or shrubbery border. All the varieties are very showy and 

 exceedingly effective. 



R. "Golden Glow" — Very popular and fully merits the praise bestowed 

 upon it. The plant is strong and bears long, strong-stemmed, very 

 large and very double golden-yellow flowers in great prolusion 

 through several weeks of mid-summer. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 

 Large clumps. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 

 R. Purpurea — 4 feet, August. A re- 

 markably showy, strong-growing 

 plant, producing abundantly its 

 large reddish-purple flowers during 

 the months of August and Septem- 

 ber. Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 



SEDTJM. 

 Stone Crop. 



A very useful family of succulent 

 plants which withstand a degree of 

 drought that most plants would suc- 

 cumb to. Admirably adapted for the 

 rockery. 



S. Spectabile (Syn. Fabaria) — 1% feet, 

 September. Rosy pink. A very de- 

 sirable plant. Each 15c; per doz. 

 $1.50. 

 S. Snectabills Brilliant — 1% feet. A 

 new and very superior upright va- 

 riety. Flowers very bright rose. 

 Each 30c; per doz. $3.00. 



TRITOMA — Red-Hot Poker. 



A very stately and exceedingly attrac- 

 tive plant; admirably adapfed for mixed 

 borders; but a single clump on the lawn 

 makes a magnificent specimen. It is 

 quite hardy and very easy of cultivation. 



T. Pfltz.erii — 3 to 4 feet. A magnificent 

 plant, the very best of all the varieties 

 grown? The flowers are very freely 

 and continuously produced from August 

 to November, in great spikes or heads, 

 over 12 inches long. Color a rich 

 orange scarlet. Each 25c; per doz. 

 $2.50. 



YUCCA. 



Adam's Needle, or Spanish Bayonet. 

 Y. Filimentosa — 4 feet. A very attrac- 

 tive lawn plant; flowers creamy white. 

 Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



ALL PERFECTLY HARDY. 

 The question is frequently asked: 

 "Are all Herbaceous Plnnts Hardy?" 

 In answer to which we say, all in culti- 

 vation are not sufficiently hardy to 

 withstand the rigors of our northern 

 winters, but all the varieties we offer 

 are perfectly hardy, and may be safely 

 relied upon to succeed well in our 

 climate. 



KUDBECKIA PURPDBEA. 



VERONICA — Speedwell. 



A very popular and exceedingly 

 handsome family of perfectly hardy- 

 plants, very effective in the herbaceous 

 or shrubbery border. 



V. Longifolia Subsessilis — 2 feet, Aug- 

 ust. A splendid variety. The flowers 

 are borne on long, handsome spikes, 

 4 to 5 inches in circumference; color, 

 deep, rich blue. Each 15c; per doz. 

 $1.50. 



VINCA — Periwinkle or Grave Myrtle. 



V. Minor — A well-known evergreen 

 trailing plant, extensively used in the 

 cemetery for covering grave mounds. 

 It is also very valuable for carpeting 

 under trees and in shady places. 

 Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



