Perennial Flower Seeds for Summer Sowing. Continued 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (continued). 



Princess Henry forms a bushy, compact plant 

 18 inches high, producing in abundance, 

 during late summer and fall, magnificent 

 large white flowers, 3 to 4 inches across. 



Little Gem. A new dwarf variety only, 15 

 to 18 inches high, of even bushy growth; 

 blooming very early, and freely — making 

 a splendid effect — large, white flowers 

 on long stems. Splendid for herbaceous 

 borders and for cut flowers 



Shasta Daisy. Produces pure white flowers 

 4 inches or more across, on stems 1 1 to 2 feet 

 in length. Plants, 2 to 2j feet in height 



New Semi-Double Shasta Daisy. A variety 

 of the above, producing large semi-double, 



pure white flowers 



CLEMATIS Paniculata. One of the finest hardy 

 perennial climbers. Covered from the 

 ground to the summit with pure white 

 fragrant flowers. 12 feet 



Flammula. Fragrant i eathery white flowers, 

 in clusters, 25 to 30 feet 



Large-flowering, Mixed (Jackman's). 

 Flowers 3 to 4 inches across of charming 

 shades of blue, white, purple, lavender, 



etc.; 10 to 12 feet 



COREOPSIS Harvest Moon. One of the finest 

 hardy garden plants grown, forming large 

 clumps 2 to 3 feet high. It is an improved 

 variety of the lanceolata grandiflora type, 

 producing immense, long-stemmed, rich yel- 

 low flowers, shaded with orange, flowering in 

 profusion for a long period 



El Dorado. The long-lasting flowers are 

 simply perfect, measuring 3 inches and over 

 in diameter, and are borne on stalks 15 to 

 18 inches in length. Color, brilliant golden 

 yellow. Compact, bushy plants — about 2 

 feet high — blooming abundantly during 



summer and fall 



COWSLIP. (Primula veris) This beautiful 

 spring-flowering dwarf hardy perennial 

 bears clusters of fragrant flowers of various 

 colors, as yellow-brown, edged yellow, etc. 

 They are particularly pretty when grown 

 in good sized colonies in partially shaded 



situations. Height, 6 inches 



DELPHINIUM, or Hardy Larkspur. 



Giant Double Hybrids. A splendid race 

 of these popular hardy garden plants. The 

 blossoms are of immense size, semi-double 

 and perfectly double, dressing the graceful, 

 towering spikes from 2 to 5 feet of their 

 length. The colors range from white and 

 lavender to indigo and purple. The plants 

 grow from 6 to 10 feet in height; mixed colors 



Hybridum Nanum. A semi-dwarf single-flower- 

 ing type, each plant producing several well- 

 furnished spikes, 3 to 3i feet in height. 

 Colors vary from light celestial to deepest 

 indigo 



Zalil. (Hardy Yellow Larkspur.) Long spikes 

 of 40 to 50 sulphur-yellow blossoms, each 

 1 inch in diameter, flowering from June until 

 August, 3 to 4 feet 



Hybridum Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. 

 A greatly improved variety of the " Bella- 

 donna " Larkspur; early and continuous 

 blooming, light azure-blue color, flowers 

 larger, on stems 5 to 7 feet high 



Formosum. Deep blue, white centre ; 2 to 3 feet 



Single, Fine Mixed Colors 



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DIANTHUS, Hardy, Grass or Spice Pinks. 



Dwarf Large Double-Flowering Grass or Spice 

 Pinks. (Dianthus Plumarius Nanus, fl. pi.) 

 In these new Pinks the color refers to the 

 center of the flowers, the remainder being 

 white or blush with a band of color near 

 the margin; the colors include blood-red, 

 rose, maroon, purple, pink, blush, spotted, 

 laced, variegated, etc. They are excellent 

 perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high, 

 vigorous, hardy, and flower profusely dur- 

 ing spring and early summer. The flowers 

 are very large, double, beautifully fringed, 

 and emit a clove-like perfume. Mixed colors 



Perfection Pinks. A superb strain of the hardy 

 Grass Pink — Dianthus plumarius — bearing 

 enormous double flowers of perfect form. 

 Smooth round petals of pure white, edged 

 with deep crimson, very fragrant 15 



Crown " Grass " Pinks. A new race with 

 branching flower stalks 10 to 12 inches high, 

 carrying large deliciously fragrant single, 

 and semi-double flowers with fringed petals; 

 colors, white, carmine, rose, lilac, etc. Each 

 flower marked in the centre with a crimson 

 or purple crown. They flower from May to 

 July 



Maiden Pinks. This pretty type of hardy 

 Pinks — Dianthus deltoides — forms low mats 

 of grass-like foliage about 3 inches high, 

 above which is thrown during spring and 

 early summer a profusion of small single 

 flowers not over f of an inch in diameter on 

 stems 6 to 8 inches in length. Colors red, 

 rose and white, all adorned with a central 

 zone of crimson 



Plumarius, double mixed. The favorite 



Pheasant's Eye or Grass Pinks 1 foot 



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 cf 

 various colors, including white, cream, rose, 

 red and other shades. 



White, spotted 10 Purple, spotted. . . . 



Lilac, spotted 10 Rose, spotted 



Mixed colors. (Gloxinoides) 



Collection of above 4 separate sorts 



Grandiflora. Yellow. Very charming flowers 

 of soft chrome-yellow on 3-foot spikes 



Monstrosa. Long spikes of large flowers of 

 various colors, many of which are beautifully 

 spotted, etc., but the striking feature of this 

 strain is the enormous bell-shaped blossom 

 that tops each spike of flowers. Mixed colors 

 EDELWEISS Siberian. This beautiful " Ever- 

 lasting " is a hardy perennial growing about 

 one foot in height being larger than the fam- 

 ous Alpine Edelweiss, the star-shaped, 

 wooly white flowers being fully aslarge again. 

 It also thrives better under cultivation and 

 in low latitudes than the Alpine type. 

 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 mag- 

 nificent Gaillardias are hardy perennials, 

 compact in growth and produce a constant 

 succession of flowers summer and fall. 



Giant Hardy Hybrid, mixed colors 10 



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GYPSOPHILA " Paris Market." An improved 

 large-flowering variety of G. paniculata. It 

 forms branching plants about 2 feet high, 

 fairly smothered all summer long with grace- 

 ful clusters of snow-white flowers half an 

 inch across. A pretty garden annual, and of 

 great value for bouquets, vases, etc 10 



Double-flowering (G. paniculata fl. pi.). A 

 new type bearing in profusion racemes .of 

 double white flowers which last long in 

 perfection; 50% may be expected to 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 improved in doubleness and 

 enlarged in size, as to be revelations of 

 beauty to those who have not seen these im- 

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



Double Blush 10 



" Canary-yellow. .10 Double Black. . .10 



" Crimson 10 " Maroon .10 



" Deep Rose 10 " Pink... .10 



" Lavender 10 " Purple 10 



" Light Apricot . . .10 " White. .10 

 " White Violet Center 10 



"Palling Belle." A very fine form of Holly- 

 hock bearing large double flowers of a 

 charming shade of silvery-pink 30 



"Golden Glory." This splendid variety 

 produces immense double golden-yellow 

 flowers in handsome spikes 6 to 8 feet high .25 



Extra Choice Double Mixed. From named 

 varieties. 1000 seeds, 75c 10 



Imported Collections of Double Hardy Holly- 

 hocks. 6 separate colors, 40c; 12 separate 

 colors 75 



Single-flowering Hollyhocks, mixed colors. 

 1000 seeds, 50c 05 



Allegheny Hollyhocks. Mixed colors. Semi- 

 double fringed flowers. 1000 seeds, 60c . 10 

 HIBISCUS, Hardy Varieties (Marsh Mallows). 

 These are showy hardy plants, forming 

 bushes about 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 new gar- 

 den plant with long, flexible branches. It 

 forms large fleshy roots the first year, which 

 should remain in the ground the next season, 

 and thereafter they throw up strong flower 

 stalks 3 ft. high, bearing large tubular flowers 

 of rosy carmine, spotted yellow; throat brown . 15 

 IVY, Kenilworth. Hardy little climber, clings 

 to walls, etc., and a valuable trailing plant 

 for hanging baskets, vases, etc; 3 to 6 feet.. .10 

 KUDZU VINE, Pueraria Thunbergiana. A twin- 

 ing vine, making a growth of 40 to 50 feet 

 in one season hardy, though the vine dies 

 down every winter in the North. Purple 

 pea-shaped flowers in clusters, borne late 



in the season 10 



LATHYRUS Latifolius, Hardy Everlasting Peas. 

 These climb 6 to 8 feet high when trained on 

 a trellis; the flowers are borne in large 

 clusters. They are peculiarly 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 



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