MIDSUMMER __ CATALOGUE, _1912. 
FARQUHAR’S HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS. 
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Mailed free at catalogue prices to any address in the United States. 
1912 
the names—the numbers are sufficient. 
Hardy perennials are easily raised from seeds; they may be sown during 
the early summer. 
tecting the seedlings as they appear above ground from the sun. 
soil should be kept evenly moist but not saturated. 
seedlings once or twice if necessary to prevent crowding. 
5910 ACANTHUS Latifolius. 
5915 
decorative leaves and handsome, tall flower spikes; excellent for 
lawn groups. 3 feet Sey or gst ae Z., 00; 
ACANTHUS Mollis. The rich massive leaves of this variety 
are supposed to have suggested the Corinthian style of archi- 
tecture; flowers white. 2 feet BE Oz., .50; 
ACHILLEA Ageratum. Milfoil or Yarrow. A most desirable 
variety with bright golden-yellow Homers, sweetly cen. 
14 feet eicke Nc Bae ie .30; 
ACHILLEA Ptarmieca, The Pearl. One of the Shee per- 
ennials, blooming all summer; the flowers are borne in clusters 
on long stems, and are of purest white. 14 feet, +4z., 1.50; 
ACONITUM. Lyeoetonum. Monkshood. Very free- flowering, 
oe yellow. 3 feet CEs 00; 
apellus. Large dark blue flowers. 3 feet, Oz., 1.25; + 02., 40; 
Pyrenaicum. Flowers large, pure yellow. 3 feet, + + 0Z., 
ADONIS Vernalis. One of the best spring flowering perennials; 
large yellow blossoms. 1 foot : 
AGROSTEMMA. Coronaria Atrosanguinea. Mullein Pink. 
An old-fashioned perennial with silvery white foliage and dark 
crimson flowers. 2 feet OV, Res 
Coronaria Alba. Similar to the ‘preceding; with white 
flowers OYA, PDE 
Hybrida Walkeri. ‘Large bright pink flowers, 4 02Z., 1.25; 
ALYSSUM. Saxatile Compactum. Gold Dust. Valuable hardy 
perennial of spreading growth, producing masses of bright 
yellow flowers in spring. 9 in. ete Ze, 003 4 OZ., 20; 
Saxatile Silver Queen. A new variety with lovely pale 
lemon-colored blossoms; 
Rostratum. Bright golden- yellow flowers + 0Z., .00; 
ANCHUSA Barrelieri. Free-blooming perennial with Forget- 
me-not-like flowers of rich deep blue; valuable for cutting. 
14 feet 
Italiea. A popular sort with dark blue flowers resembling 
Borage. Excellent for bees OzeO; = 
ANTHEMIS Tinetoria Kelwayi. A ‘greatly i improv ed strain 
of this handsome aberennial with pee yellow eaiey Ue flowers. 
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14 feet 4 02., 
Alyssum Saxatile Compactum. 
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or 
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flowers in great profusion, 2 inches . 
he simplest method is to sow them in a frame, pro- 
The 
Transplant the 
Stately hardy plant, with large Pkt 
-10 
.10 
.10 
The minimum charge for seeds by weight is 10 cents. 
where not quoted will be charged at a slight advance over the ounce rates. 
6030 
6035 
6040 
6045 
6050 
Aquilegia Farquhar’s Long-Spurred Hybrids. 
AQUILEGIA Colwmbine. 
Farquhar’s Long-spurred Hybrids. 
Hybrids comprise the best and brightest colors as 
well as many new and beautiful combinations of 
colors of charming and striking contrast in the same 
flower. The strain includes shades of blue, mauve, 
lavender, pink, scarlet, orange, yellow and white, of 
the large-flowered and long-spurred forms. 14 to 
3 feet Oz., 3.50; } oz., 1.00; 4 02, 
Alpina. Deep blue, useful for rockeries. 1 ft. +0z.,.30; . 
Californica hybrida. 
sepals and spurs crimson 
Petals Seiten: yellow, 
magnificent. > feet, 
4 oz., 1.25; 
The small searlet and yellow native 
Oz., 1.00; }oz., .35; 
Pale: mailers long-spurred ERG 
QOz., 1.25; + 40; 
Canadensis. 
species 
Chrysantha. 
2 feet 
Oz. 
In ordering it is unnecessary to write 
Fractions of an ounce 
Aa DSS aed 
Our Pkt. 
05 
10 
