LIST OF HAKUV HFRBAOFOUS PLANTS FOR 1912. 



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HARDY FLOWERING PLANTS. 



For the Herbaceous Border. 



Hardy Flowering- Plants, or Perennial Border Plants, have within recent years attained to a most 

 important position in the domain of horticulture. Their usefulness in securing- certain landscape 

 effects and in carrying- out color schemes in connection with shrubbery planting and their own indi- 

 vidual beauty, not to mention their great usefulness in affording- cut flowers at a time when other 

 flowers are unobtainable, are surely winning- for them in this country that recognition of their worth 

 and value which they have for 



many ye a,r s commanded in 

 Europe, where they enjoy a popu- 

 larity not exceeded by any other 

 class of plants. Our stock em- 

 braces a carefully selected as- 

 sortment, each variety being the 

 best of its kind yet introduced. 

 The whole, or a carefully selected 

 number of them, will make a most effective bed or border, 

 affording- by its variety .and succession of bloom, a vast 

 amount of pleasure throughout the entire season. In the 

 description of each we give the height, color of flowers and 

 the season It usually begins to bloom. 



Cultivation — Hardy Perennials succeed well in almost any 

 location, but in general prefer a full exposure to the sun. 

 Any good garden soil suits them, if well enriched with Bone 

 Meal, or well-rotted barnyard manure. Frequent loosening 

 of the soil during summer, and watering- freely in dry 

 weather, are the essentials after planting-. A light covering 

 of manure in fall is not a necessity, but is beneficial as a 

 winter protection, and enricher of the soil. The manure, if 

 rotted, is usually dug into the ground in spring. 



The demand for LARGE PLANTS of Hardy Perennials 

 has now become so general that we now prepare and offer 

 only this grade of stock; this insures a better and more 

 immediate effect than is possible with small plants. In 

 order to do this we have been obliged to slightly increase 

 the minimum price, which is, however, more than offset 

 by the increased value of the plants. 



ACHILLEA — Milfoil or Yarrow. 



A. "The Pearl." — 2 feet, July. This handsome perennial 

 cannot be recommended too highly. The blossoms are 

 pure white, and are produced in amazing profusion 

 nearly all summer. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



AQITILEGIA — Columbine. 



Perfectly hardy. Last for years. Produce a wealth of 

 brilliant colored flowers from May to September. Should be 

 represented in all gardens. 



A very popular, almost indispensable border plant, pos- 

 sessing great beauty of form and coloring of flowers. Easy 

 of cultivation in any good garden soil. 

 A. Coerulea — 1 foot, April to July. Flowers large, sepals 



violet blue, petals pure white. 

 A. Chrysantha — 3 feet, May. A beautiful variety, having 



golden yellow flowers which are very fragrant. 

 A. Glandulosa — 1 foot, April and May. A conspicuously 



handsome plan^; flowers large, sepals deep blue, petals 



white. 

 A. Skinneri- — 3 feet, June. A unique and very pretty variety, 



sepals crimson, petals light green. 



Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



AQTTII.BOIA, 



