LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR 1914, 109 
PHLOXES. 
Tall Choice Perennial Varieties. 
Hardy Phloxes have long been so popular that it is rare 
to find a garden without a collection of at least a few of 
the many beautiful varieties now in cultivation. No plant 
is more attractive or more useful, either for the adornment 
of the garden or for supplying cut flowers. 
The gardener’s art has succeeded wonderfully in produc- 
ing varieties which are marvels of beauty, both as to size 
of blossoms and variety, richness and delicacy. of color. 
To those not familiar with these plants we desire to say 
that they are perfectly hardy, and succeed well in almost 
any kind of soil. Small plants are usually selected to start 
with, as they increase rapidly in size, not in height so 
much, which is from 2 to 3 feet, but in the number of 
flower stems, which multiply year after year, 
OUR PLANTS ARE WELL-GROWN AND STRONG. 
We offer below twelve of the choicest varieties, which 
will give a succession of bloom from June to August. 
Antonin Mercie—Light ground suffused with lilac; large 
white halo, 
Consul H. Trost—Pure red, bright purple eye. 
Coquelicot—Fine scarlet, crimson eye. 
George A. Strohlein—Bright scarlet, crimson red eye. 
Le Mahdi—Deep reddish violet. with darker eye. 
Mme, Paul Dutrie—Delicate lilac rose. Flowers very large 
in immense panicles. 
Pantheon—Bright salmon rose, very fine. 
R. P. Struthers—Rosy carmine, claret-red eye. 
Selma—Pale rose mauve, claret-red eye. 
Siebold—Bright vermilion, overlaid with orange-scarlet; 
crimson eye. 
Von Woehberg—A very rich crimson; very desirable. 
Von Lassburg—Pure white; flowers very large; an excel- 
lent variety. 
Any of the above, each 20c; per doz. $2.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER. 
To purchasers of 50 or more plants of the above col-. 
lection of Phloxes, either of one variety or an assort- 
ment of those named, we make the very liberal offer of 
$15.00 per 100, the plants to be shipped by express, cus- 
tomers paying the express charges. 
NOVELTIES. 
The following three sorts we consider superior in every 
way to any varieties yet introduced. 
Elizabeth Campbeil—Bright salmon-pink with lighter 
shadings and pink eye; a new shade entirely in Phloxes. 
Frau Anton Buchner—Unquestionably the finest white; 
trusses and individual flowers immense; dwarf in habit. 
Rosenberg—Bright reddish-violet with deep red eye; in- 
dividual flowers as large as a dollar. 
Price 35c each; $3.50 per dozen. 
We will furnish these three Novelties, one plant of 
HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX. each, for 90 cents. 
PYRETHRUM. 
NEW IMPORTED HYBRIDS. 
A genus of very hardy Herbaceous perennials of more than ordinary merit. A 
bed of these plants, when in full bloom in early summer, is one of the most 
striking and pleasing sights one can imagine. So profusely do they bloom that 
the plants are actually hidden beneath a great mass of flowers, which are borne 
on long, wiry and graceful stems. The flowers are from 2 to 3 inches in diam- 
eter, some of them even larger. White, pink and red are the predominating 
colors. They are especially valuable for cutting, the flowers retaining their 
freshness for along time. Our list embraces twenty-five of the best new varieties 
imported from one of the large 
European growers of these plants. 
Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 
P. Uliginosum (Giant Ox- 
Eye Daisy)—4 to 5 feet, 
September and October. 
This is indeed a magnifi- 
cent plant and one of the 
very finest for the her- 
baceous border for supply- 
ing cut flowers in the au- 
tumn. It forms a_ stout, 
upright bush, bearing in- 
numerable large pure 
white flowers. Each 15c; 
per doz. $1.50. 
PANSIES. 
These immensely popular 
little plants, known and 
grown in the gardens of the 
rich and poor alike for years 
without number, need no 
introduction here. Suffice to 
say that no plants in the garden or border display so 
great a diversity and range of color and markings and 
none flower more profusely and satisfactorily. Their 
eulture in any good garden soil is a matter of the most, bs Aeois ) Pe Stay ere 
ordinary care. Under generous treatment flowers of PYRETHRUM—NEW HYBRIDS. 
immense size and wonderfully rich coloring may be 
secured. We have for years made a specialty of their 
culture, producing fine plants in large quantities from our choicest strains of seed, 
PYRETHRUM ULIGINOSUM—GIANT OX-EYH DAISY, Price per 100 $3.50; per doz, 50c; each 10c, 
