LIST OP HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR 1912. 



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IRIS. 



IMPERIAL JAPANESE IRIS. 



PHYSOSTEGIA — False Dragon Head. 



P. Virginica — 3 to 4 feet. A beautiful free- 

 blooming- perennial. If kept cut will flower from 

 mid-summer until fall. Color, a shell pink. An 

 exceedingly desirable plant. Each 15c; per doz. .$1.50 



PLATYCODOJf — Chinese Bell-Flower. 



Attractive plants, resembling- the Campanulas. 



P. Grandifiorum — 3 feet; blooms continuously all 

 summer. Flowers blue and white, bell-shaped. 

 Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



LOBELIA. 



A most effective plant of very easy culture, doing 

 well in any good soil. 



L. Cnrdinalis (Cardinal Flower) — 2 feet, August. 

 A very showy plant of easy culture. Each 15c; 

 P e r doz j 1-50 



POPPY. 



Perennial Poppies stand almost unrivalled among 

 hardy plants for beauty and general usefulness. 



P. Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) — 1 foot, June. Pretty 

 dwarf-growing Poppies, producing a great 

 abundance of white, yellow and orange-colored 

 flowers. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



P. Orientale (Oriental Poppy) — 3 feet, June. A 

 magnificent Poppy, bearing flowers often measur- 

 ing 6 inches across; color most brilliant scar- 

 let, with black blotches. This is one of the 

 most striking and showy plants of the perennial 

 border, and a garden without it is incomplete. 

 Its glory lies in the marvelous gorgeousness and 

 immense size of its flowers, which rear them- 

 selves on leafy stalks well above the foliage of 

 the plant itself. Each 20c; per doz $2.00 



LYCHNIS — Lamp Flower. 



A charming border plant; should be in every garden. 



I« Viscaria Splendens— 2 feet, June. Large spikes 

 deep ■ red double fragrant flowers. Each 20c- 

 per doz 



The Iris has always been a very popular plant, but since the 

 introduction of the several exceedingly handsome varieties now 

 in cultivation it has really become indispensable. The flowers 

 are almost indescribably beautiful and are produced in amazing 

 profusion for several weeks in early summer. All of the varieties 

 are perfectly hardy and succeed admirably in any good, rich 

 garden soil, preferring, however, a rather moist situation. 

 IMPERIAL JAPANESE IRIS — Iris Kaempferi. 



Of this magnificent class of Iris we offer twelve of the newest 

 and best sorts, single and semi-double. The flowers, which mea- 

 sure from S to 10 inches across, are unsurpassed in richness of 

 color, exquisite form and beautiful markings. 

 Excelsior — Shaded violet purple, white veined, center white and 



orange. 

 Gold Bound — Large, pure white, with gold banded center. 

 Granite — Grayish white, overlaid blue, single. 

 La Favorite — Large white, blue veined. 

 Lavender Q,ueen — Fine lavender. 

 Mahogany — Dark red, shaded with maroon. 

 Mars — Reddish purple, striped and blotched with white. 

 Ondine — White, shaded light blue towards the center. 

 Oriole — Deep crimson amaranth; yellow center. 

 Pyramid — Violet blue, veined with white. 

 Snow Bound — Large, pure white, with golden bands. 

 Spotted Beauty — Wavy, double silky white, spotted violet 



crimson. 



Any of the above choice varieties, each 25e; per doz. $2.50. 

 GERMAN IRIS — Iris Germanica. 



This is the true "Fleur de Lis," the French national flower. 

 They are perfectly hardy, bloom profusely, and the flowers are 

 delightfully fragrant. 

 Bluebird — Beautiful deep violet blue. 

 Celeste — Delicate pale lavender. 

 Donna Maria — White, shaded with lavender. 



Florentina — Pale blue, shaded and fringed orange-yellow; fra- 

 grant, extra fine. 

 La Tendre — Pale violet or lavender. 



Mme. Chereau — Snow-white, edged with delicate blue. 

 Pallida Dalmatiea — Clear lavender. 

 Pallida Speeiosa — Pale Indigo blue. 

 Sans Souoi — Crimson-brown and gold. 



Any of the above, price each, 20c; per doz. $2.00. 

 GERMAN IRIS. 

 Mixed — We offer a splendid assortment of the finest named 



sorts. Each 15c; per doz $1.50 



$2.00 



ORIENTAL POPPT. 



