Variety 



1BERIS Scmpervirena 



IRIS Kaempferi 



LAVANDULA Vera 



LIATRIS Pycnostachya 



LOBELIA Cardinalis 



LUPINUS Polyphyllus 



LYCHNIS Chalcedonica 



MERTENSIA Vir ? inica 



MONARDA Didyma 



PAPAVER Orientate 



PAPAVERO. Mrs. Perry 



PHLOX Divaricata Canadensi 



PHLOX Subulata 



PHLOX Subulata Alba 



PH YSOSTEGIA Vivid 



PLATYCODON Grandi flora 



PLUMBAGO Larpentae 



PYRETHRUM Hybridum 



RUDBECKIA Golden Glow. . . 

 RUDBECKIA Purpurea 



SEDUM Spectabilis 



SHASTA DAISY 



STOKESI A Cyanea 



TRITOMA Pfitzerii 



VERBENA Venosa 



VERONICA Spicata 



VINCA Minor 



VIOLA Jersey Gem 



YUCCA Filamentosa 



Hardy Candytuft. 

 Japanese Iris. . . . 



Sweet Lavender. . 



Gay Feather . 



Cardinal Flower. 



Lupine 



Campion 



Virginian Blue Bells.. 

 Oswego Tea 



Common Name 



Oriental Poppy 

 Pink Oriental Poppy. 



Canadian Phlox 



Moss Pink 



Moss Pink 



False Dragonhead. ■ ■ ■ 



Balloon Flower 



Leadwort 



Persian Daisy 



Golden Glmo. 

 Cone Flower. 



Brilliant Stone Crop. 



Largest Type 



Cornflower A ster 



Torch Lily. 



Hardy Verbena . . . 



Speedwell 



Creeping My rile. 

 Tufted Pansy 



Adam's Needle. 



Height 



X-l ft. 

 2-2 X ft. 



1 J2 ft. 



4 ft. 

 2-3 ft. 

 2-3 ft. 



3 ft. 



1-1 HO. 



2-3 ft. 



3 ft. 

 3 ft. 



1 ft. 

 Hft- 

 'Aft. 



2 ft. 

 1 M ft. 



Yi-Vx ft. 

 Uaft. 



6 ft. 



3 ft. 



lMft. 



2-2 H ft. 



lHft. 



2^ft. 



lHft. 



3(t. 



6 in. 



lid. 



3-4 ft.. 



Color 



White. 

 Mixed. 



Lavender-Blue . . 



Purple 



Scarlet 



Assorted 



Scarlet 



Blue to Pink .. 

 Scarlet 



Crimson Scarlet 



Salmon. 



Light Blue 



Purplish Pink. . 



White 



Mauve Pink 



Blue 



Purple Blue.. . . 

 Assorted 



Yellow 



Red Purple. 



Rose. . 

 White. 

 Blue.. 



Orange Scarlet. . 



Purplish-Blue. 



Blue 



Blue 



Violet 



Cream White. 



Time of 

 Bloom 



Spring 



June- July.. . 



July-Aug. . . 

 Summer. . . . 

 Aug.-Sept.. . 

 June-July.. . 

 Summer. . . . 



Spring 



July-Aug. . 



Summer. . . 

 Summer.. . 



May 



Spring 



Spring 



July-Aug. . 

 June-Oct... 

 July-Oct... 

 Summer. . . 



Sun 



Sun or Part Shade 



July-Oct 



July-Oct 



July-Nov. . . 

 All Summer 

 June-Oct... . 



Aug.-Nov. . . 



Summer. . .. 



August 



Spring 



All Summer. 



July. 



Location 



Sun 



Sun. ....... 



Part Shade. 



Sun 



Sun 



Part Shade. 

 Sun 



Sun. . . 

 Sun. . . 

 Sun. . . 

 Sun. . . 

 Sun. „ 

 Sun . . . 

 Sun . . . 

 Sun. . . 

 Sun. . . 



Sun. 

 Sun. 



Sun. 

 Sun. 

 Sun 



Sun. 



Sun 



Sun 



Shade 



Sun or Part Shade 



Soil 



Well Drained. 

 Moist 



Rich. . 

 Any. . . 

 Moist. 

 Moist. 

 Light. 



Moist. 

 Any. . . 



Rich. 



Rich. 



Rich. 



Any. . 



Any. 



Any. 



Rich. 



Any. 



Any. 



Any. 

 Any. 



Light. 

 Any. . 

 Any. . 



Rich . 



Any.. . 

 Any. . . 

 Moist. 

 Rich.. 



Sun. 



Rich . 



Uses 



Edging or Rockery 

 Border or Waterside 



Border & Cutting 

 Border & Cutting 

 Border & Waterside 

 Border 

 Border, Showy 



Border & Rockery 

 Border 



Border 

 Border 

 Edging 

 Edging 

 Edging 

 Border 

 Border 

 Border 

 Border 



& Cutting 

 & Cutting 

 & Rockery 

 , Rockery 

 , Rockery 



& Cutting 

 & Rockery 

 & Cutting 



Border Background 

 Border & Cutting 



Border & Rockery 

 Border & Cutting 

 Border & Cutting 



Border or Specimen 



Border or Beds 

 Border Background 

 Ground Cover 

 Edging, Very Fine 



Border or Specimen 



Price for above, 45c each; $1.15 for 3; $4.00 doz.; $30.00 per 100. 



THE "IMPERISHABLE" PERENNIAL FLOWER BORDER 100 PLANTS FOR $27.50 



A sketch plan for a typical hardy perennial border is shown below. To make one like it. 5 by SO feet, would require 100 plants. We list below 30 varieties 

 of contrasting heights and colors and the number of plants for each group. The number after each variety gives the position in which they should be planted_ 



Plants No. on Plan 



3 Lobelia cardinalis 1 



4 Digitalis 2 



2 Anchusa Italica 3 



2 Boltonia Latisquama 4 



3 Rudbeckia purpurea 5 



3 Hibiscus 6 



4 Delphinium Wrexham 7 



3 Helianthus multiflorus 8 



Plants No. on Plan 



3 Baptisia Australis 9 



3 Gypsophila paniculata 10 



3 Shasta Daisy 11 



4 Gaillardia grandiflora. 12 



3 Achillea the Pearl 13 



3 Pyrethrum 14 



3 Physostegia Vivid 15 



Plants No. on Plan 

 3 Hemerocallis flava 16 



3 Coreopsis Golden Giant. . . .17 



4 Campanula 18 



4 Aquilegia 19 



3 Papaver 20 



4 Alyssum Saxatile 21 



4 Dianthus 22 



Plants No. on Plan 



4 Funkia variegated 23 



3 Heuchera sanguinea 24 



4 Plumbago Larpentae 25 



4 Arabis alpina. . . 26 



3 Monarda didyma 27 



4 Iberis 28 



3 Scabiosa 29 



4 Phlox Subulata 30 



Should any of the above varieties be sold out when order is filled toe will substitute similar sorts unless instructed to the contrary. 



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Our pamphlet "Henderson's Planting Plans for Perennial Borders" contains many suggestions for making a hardy garden, 

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