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 DIANTHUS, Hardy, Grass or Spice Pinks— Continued. 

 Maiden Pinks. Dianthus deltoides. A dwarf type of 

 hardy Pinks. Colors red, rose and white, all 



adorned with a central zone of crimson 10 



Plumarius, double mixed. The favorite Pheasant's 



Eve or Grass Pinks 1 foot 10 



DIGITALIS or Foxglove. Gloxinia-Flowered. 



These improved Foxgloves are very showy, hardy 

 plants; they are easy to grow and produce freely, 

 spikes, 4 to 5 feet high, well furnished with large 

 Gloxinia-like flowers of various colors, including 

 white, cream, rose, red and other shades. 



White, spotted 10 Purple, spotted 10 



Lilac, spotted 10 Rose, spotted 10 



Mixed colors. (Gloxinoides) 10 



Grandiflora. Yellow. Very charming flowers of 



soft chrome-yellow on 3-foot spikes 10 



Monstrosa. Long spikes of large flowers, many 

 of v.-hich are beautifully spotted, etc., but the strik- 

 ing feature of this strain is the enormous bell-shaped 

 blossom that tops each spike of flowers. Mixed colors . 15 

 GAILLARDIA Giant Hardy Hybrid. The flowers often 

 4 to 5 inches across, and very highly colored, as 

 scarlet with gold edge, blood-red with yellow edge, 

 yellow with orange disk, golden with scarlet border 

 pure yellow, fiery-crimson and many others. These 

 magnificent Gaillardias are hardy perennials, com- 

 pact in growth and produce a Constance succession 



of flowers summer and fall. Mixed colors 10 



GYPSOPHILA "Paris Market." An improved large- 

 flowering variety of G. elegans. It forms branching 

 plants about 2 feet high, fairly smothered all sum- 

 mer long with graceful clusters of snow-white flow- 

 ers half an inch across. A pretty garden annual, 



and of great value for bouquets, vases, etc 10 



Double-flowering (G. paniculata ft. pi.). A new type 

 bearing racemes of double white flowers which last 

 long in perfection; 50'^ will come double, the 



balance single-flowering plants 25 



HOLLYHOCK Hardy Double. Grand summer and 

 autumn flowering plants, bearing long spikes of 

 double flowers 3 to 4 inches across. They are old 

 inhabitants of our gardens, but are now so im- 

 proved in doubleness and enlarged in size, as to be 

 revelationsof beauty to those who have not seen these 

 improved sorts. Hardy biennials 5 to 8 ft. high . . . 



Double Canary -yellow 10 



" Crimson 10 Double Maroon 10 



" Deep Rose 10 " Pink 10 



" Lavender 10 



" Black 10 " White. 



" White Violet Center 



"Palling Belle." A very fine form of Hollyhock 

 beanng large double flowers of a charming shade 



of silvery-pink 



Extra Choice Double Mixed. From named varieties. 



1000 seeds, 75c 



Imported Collections of Double Hardy Hollyhocks. 



6 separate colors, 40c.; 12 separate colors 75c 



Single-flowering Hoiiyhocks, mixed colors, 1000 



seeds, 50c 



Allegheny Hollyhocks. Mixed colors. Semi-double 

 frmt'ed flov.ers. 1000 ^ee,h-. GOc. . 



Purple 10 



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HIBISCUS, Hardy Varieties (Marsh Mallows). These 

 are showy hardy bushy plants, 3 feet high, bearing 

 immense bowl-like flowers often 6 inches across. 



Rose-pink with white base 10 



Giant Yellow. Yellow, garnet throat 10 



INCARVILLEA Delavayi. Beautiful plant with long, 

 flexible branches, strong flower stalks 3 ft. high, 

 bearing large tubular flowers of rosy carmine, spot- 

 ted yellow; throat brown 15 



KTJDZU VINE, Pueraria Thunbergiana. A twining vine 

 making a growth of 40 to 50 feet in one season 

 hardy, though the vine dies dov.-n every winter in 

 the North. Purple pea-shaped flov.-ers in clusters, 



borne late in the season 



LATHYRUS Latif olius, Hardy Everlasting Peas. These 

 climb 6 to 8 feet high when trained on a trellis; the 

 flowers are borne in large clusters. They are 

 adapted to rough places, to scramble over rocks 

 and bushes; splendid cut flowers. 



Red 10 



White Pearl. Large pure white flowers 15 



Mixed colors 10 



LAVENDER. Well-known hardy perennial, bearing long 



spikes of fragrant blue flowers; 1 to 2 feet 



LUNARIA Biennis or "Honesty." Hardy biennial es- 

 pecially useful in shady, damp places; the flowers 

 of purple, crimson or white are followed by silvery 

 transparent seed pods; height, 2 feet. Mixed colors . 

 LOBELIA, Hardy. Tall, hardy perennials with long 

 spikes of brilliant flowers. Fine for permanent 

 beds and borders. They thrive in shady situations; 



2 to 4 feet. Mixed colors 10 



Cardinalis. (Cardinal Flower.) Long spikes of in- 

 tense scarlet flowers 



LUPINUS, New Hardy Hybrids. Showy, hardy peren- 

 nials 3 to 4 feet in height producing during summer, 

 long racemes of pea-like flowers in a variety of colors 



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LYCHNIS Chalcedonica. The scariet Lychnis, an old 

 favorite bearing heads of bright scarlet flowers; 



very hardv ; 3 to 4 feet 



MYOSOTIS or Forget-Me-Nots. Well known perennials. 

 "Blue Eyes" (Novelty). A robust-growing variety of 

 fine constitution, exceedingly free-flowering and 

 bears its flowers well on the top. It is 12 inches 

 high, upright and compact in growth, each plant 

 making a bouquet of Forget-Me-Xots. The color 

 is a telling bright blue and when seen in the mass, as 



a bed, or in rows, is particularly effective 25 



Ruth Fischer. The plant is compact with glossy dark 

 green foliage, above which are carried large clusters 

 of immense pure Forget-me-not blue flowers, larger 



than those of any other known Forget-me-not 



Triumph. A large-flowering Forget-me-not. The 

 flowers are large and borne in clusters on long 

 stems. Color, bright turquoise-blue with yellow 



eye 10 



Palustris, Large-flowering. Dark-blue; 1 foot 10 



Mixed colors 10 



Victoria. Grand "Forget-me-nots" forming round. 



compact bushes about 8 inches high. 

 Blue 10 Mixed colors 10 



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