PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 TtYeetT NEW YORK 1 1 



HARDY gr p o°^n PERENNIAL PLANTS 



For Permanent Planting in Open Borders, Cemetery Plots, Etc. 



Varieties 



Achillea, "The Pearl" 



Alyssum Saxatile 



Althea Rosea 



Anchusa ltalica 



Anemone Japonica Alba. . 

 Anemone Japonica Rubra 



Aquilegia 



Arabis Albida 



Aster, Novae Anglae 



Baptisia Australis 



Boltonia Latisquama 



Campanula 



Coreopsis Lanceolata. 

 Delphinium Formosum. . . 



Dianthus Barbatus 



Digitalis 



Funkia Undulata Media. . 



Gaillardia Grandiflora 



Gypsophila Paniculata. . . 

 Helianthus Multiflorus. . . 



Hemerocallis Flava 



Heuchera Sanguinea 



Hibiscus (Crimson Eye) . . 



Iberis Sempervirens 



Lobelia Cardinalis 



Monarda Didyma 



Myosotis 



Papaver Orientale 



Hardy Phlox 



Phlox Subulata 



Phlox Sublata Alba 



Physostegia Virginica 



Plumbago Larpentae 



Pyrethrum Hybridum 



Rudbeckia Purpurea 



Scabiosa Caucasica 



Sedum Spectabilis 



Stokesia Cyanea 



Veronica Subsessilis 



Veronica Spicata 



Common Name 



Yarrotv 

 Golden Tuft 

 Hollyhock 

 Dropmore Variety 

 Wind flower 

 Wind flower 

 Columbine 

 RocktGress 

 New England Aster 

 Blue False Indigo 

 False Chamomile 

 Canterbury Bells 

 Tickseed 

 Blue Larkspur 

 Sweet William 

 Foxglove 



Variegated Day Lily 

 Aurora Flower 

 Baby's Breath 

 Double Sunflower 

 Yellow Day Lily 

 Alum Root 

 Malloic 

 Candytuft 

 Cardinal Flower 

 Osivego Tea 

 Forget-Me-Not 

 Oriental Poppy 

 Assorted Colors 

 Moss Pink 

 Moss Pink 

 False Dragon Read 

 Blue Leadwort 

 Persian Daisy 

 Purple Cone Flower 

 Blue Scabiosa- 

 Brilliant Stone Crop 

 Stokes Aster 

 Speedwell 

 Speedwell 



Height 



1% ft. 



1 ft. 



3 ft. 



4 ft. 



2 ft. 



2 ft. 



lVzit. 



6 in. 



4 to 6 ft. 



3 to 5 ft. 



5 ft. 



2 ft. 



1 % ft. 



3 ft. 



iy 2 ft. 



3 to 5 ft. 



2 ft. 



1 Vz ft. 



2% ft. 



4 ft. 



2 ft. 



1ft. 



4 to 6 ft. 



1ft. 



3 ft. 



1 % ft. 



1ft. 



3 ft. 



3 ft. 



6 in. 



6 in. 



3 ft. 



1ft. 



1 y 2 ft. 



5 ft. 



1ft. 



1 % ft. 



iy 2 ft. 



2 ft. 



3 ft. 



Color 



White 



Yellow 



Assorted 



Blue 



White 



Red 



Assorted 



White 



Purple 



Blue 



Pink 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Blue 



Assorted 



Assorted 



Variegated 



Orange 



White 



Yellow 



Yellow 



Red 

 White 

 White 



Red 



Crimson 



Blue & White 



Scarlet 



Assorted 



Pink 



White 



Pink 



Purple 



Assorted 



Red Purple 



Lilac 

 Ro. Crimson 

 Blue 

 Blue 

 Blue 



Time of Bloom 



All Summer 



'Early Spring 



Summer 



All Summer 



Fall 



Fall 



Early Summer 



May 



Fall 



Early Summer 



All Season 



Early Summer 



All Season 



All Summer 



Summer 

 July and Aug. 



Foliage 

 June to Nov. 



Summer 

 All Season 



Summer 

 All Summer 

 Aug to Oct. 



Spring 

 Aug to Oct. 

 Summer 

 Summer 

 Summer 

 Summer 

 Spring 

 Spring 

 Summer 

 All Summer 



Summer 

 All Season 

 All Summer 



Fall 

 All Season 



August 

 All Summer 



Price for any of the above, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz. ; $25.00 per 100; buyer's selection of 

 varieties. Our selection, to be made when the order is being filled, $2.50 per doz., $20.00 per 100. 



Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



Notes on Culture. — Hardy Perennial plants are suited to almost every sort of a garden, thriv- 

 ing as happily in the city yard or village as in the elaborate grounds of a country estate. 



They are usually planted in beds of greater length than width, skirting a background of hardy 

 shrubs, a fence or a building. Plant wherever possible in masses or clumps. Massed effects of 

 color are always more attractive than a haphazard mixture, particularly if the colors are blended 

 with regard to harmony or contrast. By using a plentiful admixture of white, perennial flowers 

 of almost every conceivable color, tint or shade, may be grouped harmoniously in the border, 

 and thus will be obtained a garden that will be interesting and charming and glorious with color 

 from early spring, during the entire summer and far into the autumn. 



The herbaceous border has usually no regular or formal design. If made entirely of peren- 

 nials it will look better if at least five feet wide. On the other hand, in small grounds where 

 there is already a hedge or shrub border facing the lawn it is an easy matter to widen this out 

 two feet or more and plant perennials along the edge. 



No exact rules can be laid down as to arrangement, which of course, depends on the individual 

 taste. However, the taller varieties should form the background with the dwarfer kinds in 

 front, and the groups be interwoven so that all formal lines are avoided. 



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