LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR 1912. 



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KUDBECKIA. 



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 be- 

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

 stemmed, very large and very double golden-yellow flowers in 

 great profusion through several weeks of mid-summer. Each 



15c; per doz $1.50 



Large clumps. Each 25c ; per doz 2.50 



R. Nititln — "Autumn 

 Sun." A superb va- 

 riety, producing 

 abundantly its strik- 

 ingly beautiful prim- 

 rose yellow flowers. 

 Each 25c; per doz.. $2. 50 



R. Rays of Gold — This 

 grand variety is .sim- 

 ilar in general char- 

 acteristics to Golden 

 Glow, but the flowers 

 have narrower petals 

 and form a perfect 

 ball. Each 20c; per 

 doz $2.00 



SEDUJI SPECTABILB. 



EUDBECKI.A GOLDEN OI.OW. 



STOKESIA — Stoke's Aster. 

 S. Cyanea — 1 foot, August and September. One of the most useful perennial 

 plants in cultivation, either for the herbaceous border or for planting among 

 shrubs. It blooms when the majority of hardy plants are past flowering, pro- 

 ducing in great abundance large, showy, Aster-like, deep blue flowers. Each 



25c; per doz $2.50 



S. Cyanea Alba — Similar in every way to the above, except that the flowers are 



pure white. Each 25c; per doz $2.50 



SOLIDAGO — Golden Rod. 

 Although the most of the Golden Rods may be considered too coarse and common 

 for the garden, the two we offer are excellent. 



SEDUM. 

 Stone Crop. 



A very useful family of succulent plants which withstand a degree 

 of drought that most plants would succumb to. They are therefore 

 useful in dry situations, such as sunny banks and other places where 

 few plants will grow. 

 S. Speetabile (Syn. Fabaria) — 1% feet, September. Rosy pink. A 



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



S. Sieboldii — 6 inches, September. A handsome variety of trailing 

 habit. Foliage glaucous, margined with pink, assuming 



shades of red and purple in 

 autumn; flowers bright pink, 

 very pretty and showy. A 

 splendid rock plant. Each 15c; 

 per doz $1.50 



, Spectabilis Brilliant — 1% feet. 

 A new and very superior upright 

 variety. Flowers very bright 

 rose. Each 30c; per doz $3.00 



S. Rigida — 5 .feet, September. Plant 

 neat and upright; flowers bright 

 yellow. 

 S. Sempervirens — 3 feet, September. A 

 very handsome variety; large heads 

 of bright yellow flowers. Each 15c; 



per doz $1.50 



T. Pfitsserii— 

 cent plant. 



TRITOMA — Red-Hot Poker. 



A very stately and exceedingly at- 

 tractive plant; admirably adapted for 

 mixed borders; but a single clump on 

 the lawn makes a magnificent speci- 

 men. It is quite hardy and very easy 

 of cultivation. 



to 4 feet. This is truly a magnifi- 

 the very best of all the varieties 



TUCCA. 



grown. It is exceedingly effective either as a 

 single specimen or in masses. 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 



VERONICA — Speedwell. 



A very popular and exceedingly handsome family of 

 perfectly hardy plants, very effective in the herbaceous 

 or shrubbery border. 



V. L.ongifolia Subsessilis — 2 feet, August. A splen- 

 did 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 



YUCCA. 

 Adam's Needle, or Spanish Bayonet. 

 Y. Filimentosa — 4 feet. A very attractive lawn 

 plant; flowers creamy white. Each 25c; per doz. $2.50 



VINCA — Periwinkle. 

 V. Minor — A well-known evergreen trailing plant, 

 extensively used in the cemetery for covering 

 grave mounds. It is also very valuable for car- 

 peting under trees and in shady places. Each 

 25c; per doz $2.50 



