LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR 1910. 



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SCABIOSA. 



RUDBECKIA 

 GOLDEN GLOW. 



FOTENTILIi A — Cinquefioil. 



Handsome and very 

 useful for massing 

 with other plants in 

 the border. They are 

 dwarf and some- 

 what trailing in habit 

 and produce great 

 quantities of brilli- 

 ant flowers of vary- 

 ing shades of yellow 

 and crimson. Each 

 25c; doz $2.50 



RANUNCULUS — Buttercup. 



R. Acris, fl. pi. (Bache- 

 lor's Button) — 2 feet, 

 May. Foliage hand- 

 somely cut; flowers 

 very double; color, a 

 shining, golden yel- 

 low; blooms very 

 profusely. Each 25c; 

 per doz $2.50 



RUDBECKIA — Cone Flower. 



This class of plants is considered quite indispensable in 

 the herbaceous or shrubbery border. All the varieties are 

 very showy and exceedingly effective. 



R. Fulgida — 3 feet, August and September. One of the 

 very best; showy and very useful for cutting. Pro- 

 duces great quantities of orange-yellow flowers with 

 dark purple centers. Each 25c; doz $2.50 



R. "Golden Glow" — A superb variety, which has become 

 very popular and fully merits the praise bestowed 

 upon it. The plant grows 6 to 7 feet in height, is 

 strong and self-supporting, and bears long, strong- 

 stemmed, very large and very double golden-yellow 

 flowers in great profusion through several weeks of 



mid-summer. Each 25c; per doz..: $2.50 



Large clumps. Each 35c; per doz $3.50 



R. Purpurea — 4 feet, August. A remarkably showy, 

 strong-growing plant, producing abundantly its large 

 reddish-purple flowers during the months of August 

 and September. Each 30c; per doz $3.00 



R. Speeiosa — 3 feet, September. A very choice variety, 

 producing immense quantities of handsome yellow 

 flowers with deep purple centers. Each 25c; per doz. .$2.50 



R. Sub-Tomentosa — 5 feet, September. This variety 

 makes a very handsome ornament. It branches freely 

 and produces an abundance of clear lemon-yellow 

 flowers with dark purple centers. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50 



S. Caucasica — 2% feet. This is one of the most 

 handsome perennials we possess. Flowers 

 are long-stemmed and last a long time when 

 placed in water. The color is a charming 

 shade of soft lilac blue. Each 30c; per doz.. $3. 00 



SPIRAEA — Goat's Beard. 



S. Filllpendula — 3 feet, June. Foliage dark green, 

 beautifully cut and fern-like; flowers double, 

 white, sometimes tinged with pink; very showy. 



S. Uobata (Queen of the Prairie) — 5 feet, July. A 

 handsome variety; bears feather plumes of rose- 

 colored fragrant flowers. 



S. Palmata (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. 



S. Ulmaria, fl. pi. (Double Meadow Sweet) — 3 feet, 

 June. A beautiful and very desirable variety, 

 with double white flowers. 



Each 25c; per doz. $2.50. 



RUDBECKIA PURPUREA. 



