FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



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PLATYCODOX. 



Platycodon. 



CHINESE BELI, FLOWER. 



An exceedingly handsome class of hardy bor- 

 der plants, closely resembling the Campanulas, 

 with which thev are often confounded. They are 

 bushy and upright in growth, foliage, neat and 

 attractive ; flowers large, very numerous and 

 showy ; succeed well in any good soil. 



P. Grandiflorum (Bell Flowers)— 

 3 feet. A very handsome plant, one 

 of the best in cultivation ; blooms 

 continuously all summer. Flowers 

 blue, bell-shaped. Each, 15c; per 

 doz., $1.50. 



Pyrethrum. 



FEVERFEW. 



P. Uliginosum (Giant Ox-eye Dai- 

 sy) — 4 to 5 feet. September and Octo- 

 ber. This is indeed a magnificent 

 plant and considered by all plant 

 lovers who have seen it one of the 

 very finest for the herbaceous border. 

 and pre-eminently the best of its color 

 for supplying cut flowers in the au- 

 tumn. It forms a stout, upright bush, 

 Avith light green leaves, bearing in- 

 numerable large pure white flowers 

 having bright yellow centers. The 

 individual flowers measure from 2 to 3 

 inches across and are borne in large 

 flat cymes, each flower having a stiff, 

 wiry stem, admirably adapting it for 

 cutting purposes. 



Each, 20c : per doz., $2.00. 



Sedum. 



SOKE CROP. 



An interesting ami very useful family 



of succulent plants which, owing to their 

 peculiar structure, are enabled to with- 

 stand 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. Acre— For rock-work, carpet bed- 

 'linu' or for shady places where grass will 

 not mow. this very dwarf Sedum is ex- 

 cellent. 



Each. 10c : per do/... $1.00. 



S. Fabarium l- foot. September. 

 Rosy pink. A very desirable plant. 

 Each. 15c; per doz., $1.50. 



S. Sieboldii— 6 inches. September. A 

 handsome variety of trailing habit. Foli- 

 age glaucous, margined with pink, assum- 

 ing shades of red and purple in autumn ; 

 flowers bright pink, very pretty and 

 showv. A splendid rock plant. 



Each. 20c ; per do/.., $2.00. 



Spiraea — Goat's Beard. 



A genus of hardy border plants of the 

 easiest culture, growing freely in any 

 good soil. The taller varieties are very 

 effective in the shrubbery border. All 

 are very desirable. 



S. Filipendula— 3 feet. June. Foliage 

 dark green, beautifully cut and Fern-like: 

 flowers double, white, sometimes tinged 

 with pink ; very showy. This is a very 

 handsome plant. 



S. Ulmaria fl. pi. (Double Meadow Sweet)— 

 3 feet. June. A beautiful and very desirable 

 variety with double white flowers. 



Each. 20c ; per do/... S2.00. 



rVRETHKVM UlilGINOSTJM, GIANT OX-EYE DAIS1 



