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MONARDA (Bergamot) 



DIDYMA, CAMBRIDGE SCARLET (Oswego Tea)— Brilliant crimson-scarlet. 



ROSEA (Bee Balm)— Deep rose colored. 



VIOLACEA — Bright amaranth red. Plants, price, each, 25c; per doz. $2.50 



MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not) 



OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) 



Free-flowering, hardy plants, the flowers opening towards evening and early 

 morning. 



LAMARCKIANA — Bears spikes of large, bright yellow flowers profusely. Hardy 

 perennial, but blooms the first year from early-sown seed. Height, 4 feet. 



Seeds Pkt. 10c 



GIANT AMERICA — This is a striking variety, as white as snow and as large as a 



Moonflower. Seeds Pkt. 10c 



MACROCARPA — Dwarf. Yellow. Blooms all summer. Good for rock gardens. 

 Seeds : ~ Pkt. 15c 



PACHYSANDRA (Japanese Spurge) 



TERMINALIS — A trailing plant, 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad mats of bright, 

 glossy green foliage. A ground cover, which will grow in all shady situations and the 

 only plant which will thrive under pine trees. Some of its main uses are: Under all 

 evergreen plantings, under all shrub plantings, for area-way copings, for loggia and 

 enclosed porch uses, for shrub and flower bed borders, for bordering walks and drives, 

 for steep terraces, in sun or shade, for city yards it is ideal, for dense shade under 

 any kind of tree. Strong field-grown plant. Set plants 3 inches apart each way. 

 Plants, price, each, 25c; per doz _ $2.50 



PARNASSIA (Palustris) 



An elegant dwarf plant for damp positions on the rockery, or for the bog garden. 

 The pure white flowers are charming in a mass. Hardy perennial. Height, 6 inches. 

 Seeds Pl<t- 25c 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon's Head) 



A hardy, free-flowering perennial, producing its flowers freely on strong upright 

 branches all season. 



VIRGINICIA — Flowers pink, borne on stems 3 feet high. Plants, price, each, 25c; 

 seeds Pkt. 10c 



PENTSTEMON 



Beautiful perennials, bearing a constant supply of flowers of many colors on stiff, 

 upright spikes from 2 to 3 feet high. They are excellent for the herbaceous border. 



Finest Mixed Varieties. Seeds - Pkt. 10c 



BARBATUS TORREYI— Spikes of bright scarlet flowers, 3 to 4 feet. 



PUBESCENS— Bright rosy-purple. IVo feet. 



OVATUS— Dwarf blue. 



Plants, price, each, 25c; per doz $2.50 



POLEMONIUM (Jacob's Ladder) 



Spikes of showy flowers and deep green, finely cut foliage 12 inches high, succeeding 

 best in partially shaded places. 



PEPTANS — Showy blue flowers in May and June. 

 RICHARDSONI— Tall blue. 



Plants, price, each, 25c; per doz — , $2.50 



COERULEUM— A popular, hardy perennial with bell-shaped, bluish-purple , flowers 

 about 1 inch across. 2 feet. Plants, price, each, 25c J seeds Pkt. 10c 



CHINESE LANTERNS 



(Physalis Francheti) 



This wonderful decorative 

 plant is easy to grow and 

 multiplies rapidly. The fruits 

 are becoming more popular 

 each year for decorative pur- 

 poses in the early fall and 

 winter. The color of these 

 lantern fruits is orange-ver- 

 milion and are everlasting 

 after dying. Introduced to 

 horticulture from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Single plants produce as 

 many as 30 lanterns. They 

 are beautiful for home decora- 

 tion, being an everlasting. 

 We offer strong root divisions 

 to mature the coming summer. 

 Plants, price, each, 25c; seeds 



Pkt. 10c 



Plants, Postage, 10c each. 



In sowing the seeds of perennials in 

 the cold frame, shake a little Semesan 

 into each package. The seeds germinate 

 more readily. 



PLATYCODON 



(Chinese Bell Flower) 



A handsome, hardy perennial, bear- 

 ing flowers freely on upright stems, 

 about 3 feet high. The plants form large 

 clumps and are excellent for planting 

 in permanent borders. Seed sown out- 

 doors in April will begin flowering in 

 August. 



GRANDIFLORUM— Produces its attractive blue 

 bell-shaped flowers continuously during the en- 

 tire season. Plants, price, each, 25c; seeds. 



Chinese Lantern Plant 



