NEw FLORAL GUIDE, SPRING 1911. 
DIGITALIS (Fox Glove) 
- Assorted kinds. No old fashioned garden could be complete 
without this distinctive member of the perennial family. The 
bold pointed racemes of cone-shaped flowers are very odd and 
attractive, and bloom abundantly through June and July. 
They prefer a moderately shaded, somewhat moist place but 
will do well almost anywhere. Height, 3 feet. (See cut below.) 
Price, 15c. each; 2 for 25c., postpaid.. 
Eulalias (ORNAMENTAL GRASSES)—Perfectly hardy, 
grow 6 to 8 feet high, and in the Fall bear feathery 
Pees which may be cut and kept in-doors all Winter. Plant 
ly or in groups. For lawns and parks they are graceful 
pad effective ornaments. Three kinds. 
E. Gracillima—Most graceful. 15c. each, 12 for $1.25, 
E. Zebrina—Cross-bands of yellow. postpaid, or in clumps, 
E. Variegata—Striped lengthwise. $1.50 per doz., by exp. 
1 4 (THE LARGE WHITE DAY 
Funkia Grandiflora (fF co {x NrkIN LILY) 
' A handsome plant with broad leaves of light green and large 
clusters of funnel-form, or lily-like flowers, very sweet-scented, 
--and waxy white. They like moist shady places, and are very 
- easy to grow. Price, 20c. each, 2 for 30c., postpaid. 
FUNKIA UNDULATA VARIEGATA—A very graceful variety, 
pretty blue flowers and long narrow leaves, fluted and edged 
with white. Price, 20c. each. The 
2 above, for 30c., postpaid. 
A Woman’s 
Hardy Garden 
BY MRS. H. R. ELY. 
A charming book 
telling of a wo- 
man’s long and 
successful experi- 
ence with a large 
garden of hardy 
plants, shrubs, 
bulbs, ete. Price, 
$1.85, postpaid. 
Golden Glow (Rudbeckia) 
Vy 
1 4 4 (THE BLANKET FLOWER)—Round 
Gaillardia Grandiflora daisy-like flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, 
borne on tall stems; begins to flower in June and continues a mass of bloom the 
whole season. Color, dark red, finely marked with rings of scarlet and crimson; 
flowers are very durable and fine for cutting. Price, 15c. each, postpaid. 
/ (DOUBLE RUDBECKIA)—Grows 6 to 8 feet. Blooms dur- 
J Golden Glow ing July and August the first season, and bears immense 
masses of large, round, golden-yellow flowers, perfectly double (see cut) and 2 or 
) 3 inches across, making a sheet of splendid golden-yellow flowers for weeks. Price, 
15c. each, postpaid. Large clumps, 20c. each, by express. 
1 1 ? (OR SUN OF GOLD)—Has quilled petals, 
Helianthus Soleil d Or not unlike a dahlia, 4 feet. (August and 
September.) This is one of the hardy perennial Sunflowers. Color, a bright 
golden yellow, and is one of the most effective border plants you can get; it is 
remarkably full flowering, succeeds in any soil, and is invaluable where you wish 
large quantities of cut flowers for decorative purposes. Price, 15c. each, postpaid. 
| ‘| 4¢ (GOLDEN DOUBLE CROWN LILY)—A strong hardy bulb, 
‘Hemerocallis throwing up flower stems 3 to 4 feet high, bears splendid 
large, lily-like flowers, golden-yellow with carmine marking. Price, 10c. each; 
3 for 25c.; 75c. per doz., postpaid. 
Digitalis, or Fox Gloves 
Hardy Ferns 
FOR SHADY PLACES 
They are entirely hardy, and will 
make beautiful green beds in shady 
places where other things will not 
thrive. They also do well on the north 
side of a portico or house. We offer 
three varieties : 
CINNAMON FERN 
(Osmunda Cinnamomea) 
EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS FERN 
(Aspidium Acrostichoides) 
GOSSAMER FERN 
(Dicksonia Punctilobula) 
Price, 25c. each, 3 for 65c., postpaid. 
$2.00 per dozen; $14.00 per 100, by exp. & 
Some Hardy Perennials can be readily grown 
from oe If you tee soe to Gees j 
growing them you can thus get a good collection : ; 
at a very little cost—see page 117, Hardy Ferns Brighten up Shady Places 
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