FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



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HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



Perennial border plants are again commanding the attention thev so richlv deserve and are 

 advancing rapidly in popularity. The demand has increased to that extent that we have resolved 

 to go extensively into their cultivation. This season we have in stock a splendid assortment, and 

 have selected the following kinds, which we otfer with the full assurance t bat all are excellent each 

 variety being the best of its kind yet introduced. The collection embraces varieties of various 

 heights, and which bloom at diflferent seasons, producing flowers of all stvles and colors The 

 whole, or a carefully selected number of them, will make a most effective bed or border affording 

 by its variety and succession of bloom, a vast amount of pleasure throughout the entire season. 

 In the description of each we give the height, color of flowers and the season it usually begins to 

 bloom. 



I Asclepia Tuberosa— 1 foot. July. Orange 

 yellow. Vej-y showy, late summer and fall 

 blooming plants. Each, 15c; per doz.. iSl.oO. 



COREOPSIS. 



The herbaceous border is incomplete without 

 one or more varieties of Coreopsis. They are ex- 

 cfedingly attractive, bloom continuously from 

 June until late in fall, and are very easy of cul- 

 tivation. Excellent for cutting. 



Graudiflora— 2 feet. June. Deep yellow. 



L,anceolata— 2 feet. June. Golden yellow. 

 Each, 15c; per doz., S1.50. 



Aquilegia (Columbine)— 2 feet. May to Ju- 

 ly. Iq variety ; should be in every collection. 

 Each, 15c; per doz.. SI. 50. 



Delphinium (Larkspnr)— 3 feet. June. A 

 most attractive and useful perennial, which 

 should never be denied a place in the garden. 

 The long spikes of handsome flowers are very 

 freely produced, and are exceedingly useful for 

 cutting. Our collection embraces a very choice 

 assortment 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, 30c; per doz., S3. 00. 



COREOPSIS LAXCEOLATA. 



Achillea, "The Pearl."— 2 feet. July. 

 This handsome perennial cannot be recommend- 

 ed too highly. Wherever it is grown it is con- 

 sidered indispensable for supplying cut flowers. 

 The blossoms are pure white, double and but- 

 ton-like, and are produced inamazing profusion 

 nearly all summer in loose clusters, on stiff, 

 erect stems. Each. 15 c^ per doz., «1.50. 



DELFHINtUM. 



