CHELONE. 
TORTOISE OR SHELL FLOWER. 
Very handsome border plants, robust and stately in growth, 
producing very pretty and unique flowers which, from the 
peculiar formation of the upper petals, have been compared to 
the back of a tortoise. hence the name. They are of very easy 
culture succeeding wellin any ordinary garden soil. 
C. Lyonii (Lyon’s Turtle Head)—3 feet, July to September. 
Flowers borne very freely in terminal spikes; color reddish pur- 
ple; very attractive. 
Each 25¢; per doz. $2.50. 
COREOPSIS. 
The herbaceous border is incomplete without one or more 
varieties of Coreopsis. They are exceedingly. attractive, 
bloom coitinuously from June till late in the fall, and are very R 
easy of cultivation. They are among the most useful of hardy 
plants for supplying quantities of cut flowers for table and other 
decorations. The flowers are neat in form, and are borne on 
light but wiry and graceful stems, and arrange beautifully in 
vases. Every garden should have a liberal number of either or 
both of the following varieties: : 
Cc. Grandiflora (See illustration on cover of catalogue)— ZINN 
2 feet, June. Deep yellow. CENTAUREA MONTANA. 
C. Lanceolata—2 feet, June. Golden yellow. 
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Each 10c; per oe $1.00 | CENTAU REA, . 
A valuable class of border plants of the easiest cul- — 
ture. Very useful for supplying cut flowers. ; 
Cc. Montama—2 feet, May and June. This variety 
is among the best of hardy plants. Flowers large and 
handsome; color, a rich purplish blue. Last well when | 
eut. Each 15¢; per doz. $1.50. 
DELPHINIUM. 
PERENNIAL LARKSPUR. 
Three feet, June. A most attractive and useful | 
Perennial, which should never be denied a place in thegl 
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freely produced, and are exceedingly useful for cutting. 
Our collection embraces a very choice assortmeft of the 
finest imported varieties, all new and rare, the colors 
varying from the most delicate light to the richest deep 
blue, double and single. Each 15c; per doz. $1.60. 
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA, 
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COLLECTIONS OF HARDY PLANTS 
~ CHRYSANTHEMUNS. 
MARGUERITE. 
Many of our customers, being umac- 
quainted with the varieties of Herbaceous 
Plants, prefer to leave the selection to us, 
merely stating the size of the bed or border 
they wish planted and its situation or 
other useful details, in which case we take 
pleasure in exercising our best judgment in 
very easily grown, succeeding selecting such kinds, as from our experi- - 
wellin any good garden soil. ence we knew to be most suitable, and in 
C. Maximum—1i foot. A very estimating and sending the exact number 
desirable _variety, producing DELPHINIUM—PERENNiAL LARKSPUR. required to properly plant the bed. For 
Breen ue ULC omele al prices of POPULAR COLLECTIONS, see 
nach ibe: per doz. $1.00. D f C ENTRA tS) PECTA B f Lf S. page 74. 
BLEEDING HEART. 
(See last page of cover.) 
Two feet, May. One of the showiest of garden Peren- 
nials; also much grown as a pot plant for spring flower- 
ing inthe house. Itis at home in almost any situation 
out of doors, and succeeds admirably in shady places 
where few plants grow satisfactorily. 
Each 15c; per doz. $1.50. 
The hardy Marguerites are now 
general favorites and in great de- 
mand. Few plants are more use- 
ful for the production of flowers 
for cutting, and none are more 
showy in the garden. They are 
DOUBLE DAISY. 
BELLIS PERENNIS. 
A well-known favorite; one of the most charming 
and most useful of our early spring flowers. It is of easy 
culture and quite hardy. 
Snowball—A great improvement on the old vari- 
eties; flowers very large and double; pure white, 
Each 10c; per doz. $1.00. 
CLEMATIS. 
C. Davidiama—A-very handsome variety of Clematis 
of upright habit of growth, about 2 feet in height and 
bushy in form. The foliage is bright green and attract- 
ive. The flowers which are produced in clusters, are 
tubular bell-shaped, are deep blue and very fragrant. 
Each 15¢; per doz. $1.50. DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 
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