Strictly speaking, a perennial is a garden plant that lives year after year, and 
that does not have woody stems. It comes up each year from close to the 
ground. Hardy perennials need sunlight and any good garden soil. (If your 
soil will grow tomatoes, it will grow perennials.) They’re easy to grow—even 
easy to plant. The term ‘“‘hardy’’ means the ability of a plant to live in cold 
climates and to survive hard winters. Thus, the phrase ‘‘hardy perennial’ 
means a plant that lives year after year and can do so in cold climates. A 
hardy perennial would, of course, also live where winters are not as cold. 
I recommend these kinds to you because the plants are good ones—the va- 
rieties are among the better ones in their respective groups—the colors are 
bright and beautiful and offer a nice range to choose from. Our plants reach 
you ready to plant, and all you do is set them in the ground, water and fertilize 
them. In return for this simple care, you’ll have lovely flowers to make your 
personal landscape beautiful. All of these plants are hardy, strong-growing 
and long-lived. 
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LIATRIS, COBALT BLUE gives you spikes 
of unusual, showy flowers in September. The 
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ASTILBE, FANAL (Meadowsweet). Feathery 
plumes of rich, deep red beauty. 2-foot plant. 
Grows best in moist conditions with some shade. 
$1.45 ea.; 3 for $3.75. 
ASTER, HARRINGTON’S PINK. Rosy- 
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stems for good cutting. Likes full sun. A handsome and 
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ACHILLEA (Milfoil) 
Excellent rock garden or border plant with 
fine color and foliage. Bloom for a long time 
and grow freely. MILLEFOLIUM ROSEA 
is a bright rosy scarlet; FILIPENDULINA, 
a gorgeous yellow; SNOWBALL, a lovely 
white. All do well in any good garden soil. 
New plants can be had every third year by 
dividing the old ones. Cut back after flower- 
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IBERIS, SNOWFLAKE (Candytuft). 
Masses of white flowers in early spring and 
evergreen foliage on a low, compact plant 
that’s great for rock gardens and borders. 
75c ea.; 3 for $1.95. 
PLAT YCODON, BLUE. Very fine summer 
flowering plant with abundant, medium size, 
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Grows upright, 1 to 2 feet. 75e ea.; 3 for 
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